Browsing Music and Theater Arts (21M) - Archived by Author "DeFrantz, Thomas"

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    • 21M.621 Theater and Cultural Diversity in the U.S., Spring 2004 

      DeFrantz, Thomas (2004-06)
      A study of contemporary North American theater movements and selected individual works that are organized around issues of ethnic and socio-cultural identity. Class lectures and discussions analyze samples of African-American, ...

    • 21M.670 / SP.472 / WGS.472 Traditions in American Concert Dance: Gender and Autobiography, Spring 2003 

      DeFrantz, Thomas (2003-06)
      This course explores the forms, contents, and contexts of world traditions in dance that played a crucial role in shaping American concert dance. For example, we will identify dances from an African American vernacular ...

    • 21M.775 Hip Hop, Spring 2003 

      DeFrantz, Thomas (2003-06)
      Subject explores the political and aesthetic foundations of hip hop. Students trace the musical, corporeal, visual, spoken word, and literary manifestations of hip hop over its thirty year presence in the American cultural ...