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Billie's Message: An Original Dance-Drama In The Modern Dance Idiom, Vicki Lynn Dale
Billie's Message: An Original Dance-Drama In The Modern Dance Idiom, Vicki Lynn Dale
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Billie's Message is a forty-five minute dance drama expressing through dance and narrative the life of Billie Holiday and the consequences of drug abuse in Holiday's life. It was created in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Education (MEd) degree. The project was presented on October 31 and November 1, 1987, in a public concert at the Judy Bayley Theatre at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Focus was placed on the life of Billie Holiday and the anti-drug message found in the last chapter of her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues (Holiday, 1956). The choreographer danced …
Exploring Dance: An Outline For The Study Of Dance Appreciation With Suggested Films, Jacque J Jaeger
Exploring Dance: An Outline For The Study Of Dance Appreciation With Suggested Films, Jacque J Jaeger
UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations
Exploring Dance: An Outline for the Study of Dance Appreciation with Suggested Films surveys the history of the dance genres--ballet, ballroom, tap, and jazz--used in film musicals. Dance creators, their contributions to the art, as well as salient characteristics of each period are discussed. Each section concludes with an analysis of the function of dance in selected films; Chapter I outlines ballet's history from the Renaissance through the twentieth century. The films Dancers, The Red Shoes, and Oklahoma! are examined. Chapter II chronicles ballroom dancing from the fourteenth to twentieth century. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle is discussed. …