Antiracism in ballet teaching / edited by Kate Mattingly and Iyun Ashani Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mattingly, Kate, editor.

Harrison, Iyun, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballet--Study and teaching.

Ballet.

Holistic education.

Discrimination in sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 208 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Biography/History:

Kate Mattingly is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University, USA. Iyun Ashani Harrison is an associate professor of the practice of dance and head of ballet at Duke University, USA.

Contents:

Part 1: Identities

Teaching for tomorrow / (Gabrielle Salvatto)

Perspective / Dionne Figgins

Perspective / Lourdes Lopez

Native American dancers beyond settler colonial confines / (Kate Mattingly)

Reflections on quare dance / (Alyah Baker)

Pedagogies

Classical perspectives: performance, pedagogy, and (changing) cultures / (Anjali Austin)

Dear ballet teachers, Let's talk about race

(Ilana Goldman and Paige Cunningham)

Making space

inclusive and equitable teaching practices for ballet in higher education / (Alana Isiguen)

Dismantling anti-blackness / (Maurya Kerr)

Re-centering the studio: ballet leadership and learning through intersectional and antiracist approaches / (Renée K. Nicholson and Lisa DeFrank-Cole)

Credibility and expertise: black women teaching classical ballet / (Monica Stephenson)

Adjusting pedagogies for developing artists: age-appropriate classes for classical ballet / (Misa Oga)

Ballet as artistic, scientific, and existential inquiry: incorporating ballet's broader history in a syllabus and in the studio / (Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson)

Dive In / (Keesha Beckford)

Part 3: Futurities

A willingness to shed / (Sidra Bell)

Honoring the legacy of antiracist ballet teaching & leadership in black and brown dance organizations / (Iyun Ashani Harrison)

Ballet's ever-present presence / (Thomas F. DeFrantz)

Twelve steps to ballet's cultural recovery / (Theresa Ruth Howard)

Creating new spaces: today's black choreographers / (Brandye Lee)

Ballet's futurities

insights from choreographers, scholars, and educators.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 14, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Antiracism in ballet teaching

ISBN:

9781003283065

1003283063

9781003803393

1003803393

9781003803171

1003803172

Publisher Number:

40032128675

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.