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Karen Schupp, Senior Lecturer, Dance

2007-10-29
Karen Schupp, senior lecturer, is one of 22 choreographers selected to participate in the second Wave Rising series in Brooklyn, New York. Wave Rising showcases some of the world's best and brightest up-and-coming dance makers. Schupp will be performing and presenting three works, Response, Will Memories Be Made of This and Not Yet.

Simon Dove, Chair, Dance

2007-08-23
Simon Dove, dance chair, has been invited to be the sole convener/moderator at prestigious international summit convened by the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. The summit initiates dialogue among the most influential presenting arts organizations in Europe and the U.S. to develop a greater degree of understanding of the issues faced by the organizations in perpetuating contemporary work and a shared vision for the future. Dove was chosen to meet with the heads of organizations such as the Spoleto Festival, Szene Salzburg and the Noorderzon Festival because of his extraordinary contribution to international contemporary dance as artistic/general director of Springdance in Utrecht, Netherlands. The summit takes place Sept. 7-8, during the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival.

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Project Date: September 2007

Pegge Vissicaro, Assistant Professor, Dance

2007-01-05
Studying Dance Cultures around the World is an introductory text for college and university students in dance appreciation and humanities based courses that facilitate the critical examination of dance in its varied contexts around the world. The focus of this instructional tool is to provide a holistic approach that addresses key topics for learning about dance cultures, situated within a broad theoretical framework.

Studying Dance Cultures around the World is the first book of its kind specifically designed to advance the field of multicultural dance education. Multicultural dance education exemplifies the zeitgeist of the past 30 years concerning a heightened consciousness about dance cultures of the world. This spirit continues to grow since the demand for providing effective multicultural learning environments and instructional tools to compare diverse ideas and information is rapidly expanding due to an increasingly dynamic global society. People are recognizing and valuing cultural study as a skill that encourages greater acceptance toward those practicing different customs and traditions, which may lead to more benevolent relations between all humans. Studying Dance Cultures around the World is a point of departure for expanding multicultural dance curricula and serves as a catalyst to further develop content, learning strategies, and resources to strengthen the field as well as explore new directions.

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