Friends of Dance


Friends of Dance Lecture Series

Catherine Turocy
(above) Catherine Turocy demonstrates Baroque dance during her lecture on March 3, 2009

2008-2009
Dancing for the Camera: An Interview with Dance Video Pioneer Dennis Diamond, October 7, 2008

From the Noble to the Grotesque, Catherine Turocy, The New York Baroque Dance Company, March 3, 2009

2007-2008
Dancing East: Three American Votaries of Asian Dance, Dr. Richard Long, October 23, 2007

Issues that Dance: Socio-Political Themes in David Dorfman's Choreography, David Dorfman, February 19, 2008

2006-2007

Limón’s Choreography as a Cultural Reconciliation, Ann Vachon, September 26, 2006

“Everybody Dance Now!” Social Dance in America, Dr. Sally Sommer, February 8, 2007

2005-2006

Isadora: Legendary Woman, Iconic Dancer, Dr. Richard Long, October 18, 2005

Dancing to Repair the World: Tikkun Olam in Modern Dance, Douglas Rosenberg, February 27, 2006

2004-2005

Recent Work, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, September 21, 2004

Ted Shawn: Pioneer American Male Dancer, Dr. Richard Long, February 15, 2005

2003-2004

Cambodian Dance: History and Mystery, Dr. Richard Long, September 16, 2003

Big-Legged Women: Tina Turner, Modern Dance and New Notions of Black Women’s Identity, Dr. Veta Goler, February 10, 2004

2002-2003

Illusion as Dance: The Case of Loie Fuller, Dr. Richard Long, October 8, 2002

Restructuring Dance’s Narrative, Deborah Jowitt, January 30, 2003

2001-2002

Dancing East: Orientalism and American Dance 1900-1940, Dr. Richard Long, October 23, 2001

Alvin Ailey’s Revelations: Of Time and Transformations, Dr. Thomas F. De Frantz, February 19, 2002

2000-2001

Improbable Muse, Dr. Richard Long, October 10, 2000

Lori Belilove Lecture/Demonstration, Lori Belilove, February 12, 2001

1999-2000

Katherine Dunham: Paths of a Pioneer, Dr. Richard Long, October 6, 1999

Mario and the Miracle of Balinese Dance, Dr. Richard Long, February 16, 2000

1998-1999

Homage, Plagiarism, Allusion, Quotation: Negotiating Choreographic Appreciation, Dr. Sally Banes, October 22, 1998

1997-1998

Ramayana Dance Drama, Dr. Richard Long, September 24, 1997

Maybe She Just Wanted to Roam, Celeste Miller, March 19, 1998

1996-1997

Doris Humphrey: A Modern Dance Pioneer, Meli Kaye, April 9, 1997