January 13 to April 6, 2025
Professor: Jennifer Seigle
Tuition: $550 member / $625 non-member
12 Weeks; 3 NDEO-Endorsed PDCs
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In this course, you will take an embodied historiographical approach to the classroom teaching of Musical Theatre dance forms with a focus on decolonization of the canon. Beginning with Shuffle Along and continuing 100 years to the present, we will investigate the dance forms correlated with twelve iconic musicals.
During the course, we will
1. Generate lesson plans for teaching the embodied dance history of musical theatre from 1921 - present
2. Develop knowledge of the cultural roots of the dance forms commonly identified with the performance of musical theatre
3. Identify the choreographers whose work has shaped 100 years of musical theatre as well as the often uncredited artists who influenced them
4. Examine the historical events surrounding the production of each of these 12 musicals and consider grade-appropriate techniques for incorporating these events into the teaching of musical theatre dance forms.
Questions about this Course? Email opdi@ndeo.org