From Blog Director Jill Randall:

For most of 2017, I tried to write down articles and books that really resonated for me. Whether for your own creative practice, or to share within a college course, I hope that you will click on some of the links to read more. Please add your suggestions in the comments section below as well.

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BOOKS

Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Theory, Research and Practice – by Nyama McCarthy-Brown

A Life in Dance: A Practical Guide – by Rebecca Stenn and Fran Kirmser

 

ARTICLES

Some Thoughts on Capital-D Dance – by Tara Sheena (Critical Correspondence)

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Is There a Date-Stamp on the Moving Body? – by Gia Kourlas (NY Times)

Dancing Down the Years – by Gia Kourlas (NY Times)

Pina Bausch Company: ‘This Is Theater, and These Are Humans’ – by Marina Harss (NY Times)

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A New School Year, Wisdom from Wanda M. Holland Greene (The Hamlin School, San Francisco)

A Call for Moral Courage in America – by Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation

Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way – by Deborah Cullinan of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Do Artists and Designers Have an Obligation To Be Political? – by Grace Chinn (designsponge.com)

Making (and Seeing) Dance in the Politicized World – by Siobhan Burke (NY Times)

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Dance Criticism Needs a Paradigm Shift – by Lauren Warnecke (Dance/USA)

Arts Critics Are Disappearing From Newspapers. Or, Wait, Is That The Good News? – by Jerome Weeks (artandseek.org) 

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Administrators Can Be Visionaries Too – by Susan Medak

Jobs That Matter? – by Karen K. Bradley (Dance/USA)

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 The Persistence of Vision (Trisha Brown’s, That Is) – by Gia Kourlas (NY Times)

Working Out – in a Museum – by Alexis Cheung (NY Times)

This is Your Brain on Art – by Sarah L. Kaufman, Dani Player, Jayne Orenstein, May-Ying Lam, Elizabeth Hart and Shelly Tan (Washington Post)

 

REPORTS

The Future of Physically Integrated Dance in the USA – by AXIS Dance Company (for Dance/USA)

 

VLOGS

How Much a Dance Costs – by Kristin Damrow, Artistic Director of Kristin Damrow & Company

How to Put on a Fundraiser – by Kristin Damrow, Artistic Director of Kristin Damrow & Company

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Related posts:

Dance Books Published in 2017

2017 in Review: Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate School Courses

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