Socialization Through the Arts: Katherine Dunham as Social Activist by Halifu Osumare

    Katherine Dunham's Methodologies of Form and Function, Intercultural Communication and Socialization Through the Arts, as a Choreographic Model (Chapter 3 — pp37-54) by Molly Elizabeth Christie Katherine Dunham Performing "Ballet Creole (1952) British Pathé" Authentic Dunham Technique Dance Lab Topic Area # 7: Modern, Postmodern, It's all Contemporary (60 points possible) Using the Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick text, describe the major similarities and differences between modern dance, post-modern dance, and contemporary dance? Topic Area # 10: The Africanist Aesthetics' Americanization of Dance (60 points possible) Answer the following question using the texts listed below to describe your understanding of the Black dance aesthetic as it has been realized by Black dance pioneers from the 20th century to today's contemporary Black dance innovators: How has the Americanization of dance been shaped by its cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation? Include specific examples illustrated in the Free to Dance documentary and The Freshest Kids: The History of the B Boy documentary. What Makes That Black? by Luana Stripping the Emperor: The Africanist Presence in American Concert Dance by Brenda Dixon Gottschild The African American Aesthetic as Integral to the American Aesthetic by Luana Juba and American Minstrelsy by Marian Hannah Winter B-Boying and Battling in a Global Context: The Discursive Life of Difference in Hip Hop by Imani K. Johnson