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Preserving Dance Forms In India Through Education And Performance: A Curriculum For Bollywood Dance, Kimberly Martin Liberty University

Preserving Dance Forms In India Through Education And Performance: A Curriculum For Bollywood Dance, Kimberly Martin

Masters Theses

This project is a practical curriculum of Bollywood dance that can be used to assist in the preservation of dance forms in India through education and performance. The goal of this curriculum is to systematically equip dancers of all ages with the basic knowledge and experiences needed to excel as dancers and choreographers of Bollywood dance. This will be achieved through practical experience that is built from the basics of Bollywood dance and founded in classical tradition and theory as presented in Bharat Natyam. This curriculum is broken up into four sixteen-week semesters and covers a series of steps, basics ...


Almost, Maine: A Director's Journey, Adam S. Crandall University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Almost, Maine: A Director's Journey, Adam S. Crandall

University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects

No abstract provided.


The Institute, Dereck Daschke University of Nebraska Omaha

The Institute, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of The Institute (2013) directed by Spencer McCall.


Virtually Heroes, Dereck Daschke University of Nebraska Omaha

Virtually Heroes, Dereck Daschke

Journal of Religion & Film

This is a film review of Virtually Heroes (2013) directed by G. J. Echternkamp.


Sound Studies: Voice And Aurality In The Theatre, Patrick Finelli University of South Florida

Sound Studies: Voice And Aurality In The Theatre, Patrick Finelli

Theatre and Dance Faculty Publications

The aural aspect of performance has emerged as a unique topic for theatre research at a time of technological advancement, providing a distinctive entry point for historical analysis while raising important theoretical questions about recording, reproduction, the interplay of live and recorded sound onstage, and the act of listening itself. Until relatively recently, “sound studies” as a research focus has been a minor grace note in the composition of theatre studies. Historically, theatre scholarship has referred to the speaking actor, the literary voice of the playwright, the metaphorical voice of the age, or an unseen psychological voice—all of which ...


Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference Program, Robert W. Woodruff Library Atlanta University Center

Tupac Amaru Shakur Collection Conference Program, Robert W. Woodruff Library

Publications of the Atlanta University Center Community

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