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eye on dance study guides
We have designed study guides to sharpen students' comprehension skills and help draw links between dance and other subject areas.

The guides accompany a few of the most frequently requested videotapes. They focus the student's attention on key bits of information that can be carried into classroom discussions.

Teachers, regardless of their dance experience, look to EYE ON DANCE programs as a convenient means of explaining the message and purpose of dance to students.

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Dance Through the Ages | Tappin & Swingin: Popular Dance | The Classical Challenge
African-American Footprints in Modern and Ballet | Gotta Dance | The Politics of Art

Episode # Episode Title/Guest(s)
DANCE THROUGH THE AGES
284 ANCIENT GREEK POETRY MUSIC AND DANCE/Peter Steadman, Eve Beglarian, Rachel Kitzinger
158 MORRIS DANCES/John Dexter and Sarah Henry
262 BOURNONVILLE BALLET/Linda Hindberg, Nikolaj Hubbe, Alexander Kolpin, Heidi Ryom,
134 THE ACROBATICS OF BAROQUE DANCE/Catherine Turocy
220 INNOVATIONS BY LOIE FULLER AND THE FUTURISTS/Loie Fuller, Michael Kirby
162 BAUHAUS and CONSTRUCTIVISM/Debra McCall, Mel Gordon and James Saslow
293 PETIPA TO DIAGHILEV /Lynn Garafola,Tim Scholl
285 SYMPHONIC DANCES: THE INNOVATIONS OF MASSINE/Igor Youskevitch, Vicenete Garcia-Marquez
234 LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS REBORN/Millicent Hodson, Kenneth Archer
251 THE LINDY HOP GOES PRO/Frankie Manning, Robert Crease
160 HANYA HOLM: THE GERMAN TRADITION
257 THE GRAHAM,LIMON,HUMPHREY LEGACY/Jane Dudley, Ruth Currier, Pearl Lang
310 THE JOSE LIMON LEGACY/Carla Maxwell, Nina Watt, Carlos Orta
94 INTELLECTUALIZING NATIVE IMAGES IN MODERN DANCE: ERIC HAWKINS, RALPH LEE AND LUCIA D'LUGOSZWESKI
213 EPISODES: BALANCHINE & GRAHAM SHARE A STAGE/Ethel Winter, Bart Cook, Peter Frame
256 AGNES DEMILLE: A LIFE IN THE THEATER
226 ANTONY TUDOR: A MASTER/Carolyn Brown, Lance Westergard, Kathleen Moore
117 FIERY POLITICAL COMMENTARY IN DANCE DURING THE 30'S'/Sophie Maslow, Anna Sokolow
223 A BREEDING BED OF MODERN DANCE: THE BENNINGTON YEARS/Martha Hill, Daniel Lewis
19 ENVISIONING BLACK BALLET COMPANIES/Karel Shook, Joe Nash
108 ALWIN NIKOLAIS: PHANTASMAGORIC MOVEMENTS AND DESIGNS
290 ALVIN AILEY: THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PULSE IN MODERN DANCE
307 THE POSTMODERN DANCE MANIFESTO/Yvonne Rainer, Sarah Rudner
44 MERCE CUNNINGHAM: REFORMATTING MOVEMENT IN TIME AND SPACE FOR VIDEO
221 PAUL TAYLOR: TAKING RISKS DURING THE 50'S & 60'S
287 MODERNIZING BALLET THE THARP WAY/Shelley Washington, Richard Colton

TAPPIN & SWINGIN: POPULAR DANCE
157 THE RADICAL WALTZ/Lynn Garafola/Elizabeth Aldrich
283 THE CASTLES: ORIGINS OF EXHIBITION BALLROOM DANCE/Julie Malnig, Judi & Stan Martin
151 SQUARE UP WITH AMERICAN AND NATIVE DANCE/Pat Cannon, Louise Mofsie, John Lucchese
252 ACROBATIC TAP: THE TOPS / Harold Nicholas
29 TIME FOR THE HARVEST MOON BALL AND LINDY HOP/Al Minns, Sugar Sullivan
171 BLACK VAUDEVILLE CIRCUIT/Charles "Cookie" Cook, Hank Smith
204 GET THEIR ATTENTION: THE BROADWAY HIT/Gregg Burge, Henry LeTang
203 SELL IT: DANCING ON COMMERCIALS/Louis Falco, Francine Landes, Ed Bianchi
238 A NEW FRONTIER WITH MUSIC VIDEOS /Michael Peters, Elizabeth Swados
306 THE HOT TEMPERED TANGO/Sharon Brophy,Robert Duvall,Luisa Valenzuela, Nelson Avila
128 THE HIP HOP BEAT/Afrika Bamabaata,Sally Banes, Charlie Ahearn, Henry Chalfant, Crazy Legs
309 RHYTHM'S THE NAME OF THE GAME: JAZZ TAP/LaVaughn Robinson

THE CLASSICAL CHALLENGE
161 PARTNERSHIPS AT THE BALLET RUSEE DE MONTE CARLO/Frederic Franklin, Alexandra Danilova
173 BALANCHINE'S RELATIONSHIP TO MUSIC/Joseph Duell, George Perle, Robert Irving
230,243 MAYA PLISTEKSKAYA: INTERPRETING LIFE THROUGH BALLET
322 BLENDING MODERN WITH BALLET/Glen Tetley
288 STYLE WARS: RUSSIAN VS. U.S. TECHNIQUE/Andris Liepa, Nancy Reynolds, Valentina Kozlova
255 NEW MOVES IN BALLET/ William Forsythe, Lourdes Lopez, Charles Wuorinen
258 CONVERTING A DANCE BODY TO A CHOREOGRAPHY MIND/Kevin McKenzie/Clark Tippet
308 OPPORTUNITIES IN REGIONAL DANCE/Jeffrey Gribler
227 & 228 REACH FOR THE STARS: THE REGIME OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS/Darren Gibson. Robert Lyon, Rebecca Metzger, Sant'Gria Bello, Efrain Bracero, Angela Zieuziulewicz
311 ADDING HISPANIC FLOURISHES TO CLASSICAL STEPS/Tina Ramirez, Graciela Daniele
229 THE COMPETITIVE EDGE/Alicia Alonso, Arthur Mitchell, Arnold Spohr

AFRICAN-AMERICAN FOOTPRINTS IN MODERN AND BALLET
239 THE KATHERINE DUNHAM MYSTIQUE/Vanoye Aikens, Gary DeLoatch
206 TAPPING THE NIGHT AWAY/ Gregory Hines, Charles "Honi" Coles
320 BREAKING COLOR BARRIERS IN BALLET/Billy Wilson, Louis Johnson
321 THE MIGHTY BE-BOP AND TAP/Jimmy Slyde, Barry Harris
126 CHOREOGRAPHY CHARGED WITH POPULAR DANCE FORMS/Talley Beatty, Norma Miller
260 THE BLACK IDENTITY IN TRADITIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DANCE/Gus Solomons, Chuck Davis
119 FROM THE PLANTATION TO THE ASPHALT: Donald Byrd and Eleo Pomare
274 GENDER IDENTIFICATION/Abdel Salaam, Lloyd Newson
318 FORMING A BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS/David Rousseve, Pat Hall Smith
315 CHALLENGING STEREOTYPES/Marlies Yearby, Laurie Carlos
276 EDUCATIONAL, MUSICAL & SPIRITUAL BASES/Madeleine Nelson, Barry Martin, Alfred Gallman
316 FATHERING A DANCE COMPANY/Garth Fagan, Norwood Pennewell, Bit Knighton
319 THE BEAT OF THE URBAN STREET: BREAKERS/Wiggles, D'Incredible, Fable
85 THEATRICALIZING INDIGENOUS DANCE: CHARLES MOORE, HENRY SMITH, OBARA WALI-RAHMAN

GOTTA DANCE
PRINCIPAL DANCER WITH THE NYC BALLET 1950'S
140 VIOLETTE VERDY : A FRENCH GEM 1950'S - 1970'S
291 PATRICIA MC BRIDE: A HEARTLAND SOUBRETTE 1960'S - 1989
249 EDWARD VILLELLA: THE MALE DANCER AS ATHLETE 1950'S - 1970'S
289 PETER SCHAUFUSS: BALLET LESSONS FROM DENMARK TO BALANCHINE 1970'S
143 HELGI TOMASSON: DANCERS' RESPONSIBILITIES 1970'S - 1980'S
212 BALANCING G BALANCHINE AND BALLET: JUDITH FUGATE, MEDHI BAHIRI 1980'S-1990'S
135 NANCY STARK SMITH: THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE OF CONTACT IMPROVISATION
312 CHRIS & MARGIE GILLIS: ABANDON LIFE TO DANCE
302 VIOLA FARBER: THE IMPOSSIBLE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE
325 DAVID PARSONS/BILLY TAYLOR: JAZZED UP ATHLETICS
211 MOSES PENDELTON: PILOBOLUS PARTNERS VISUAL PUNS
303 MAINA GIELGUD/BALLET DOWN-UNDER
189 YURIKO & BENITEZ/STANDING IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY
115 DYANE HARVEY/ SARAH STACKHOUSE: DIVINING DANCE
326 JEANNETTE ORDMAN: DANCE UNDER FIRE
266 BALLET BRILLIANCE: CYNTHIA GREGORY AND FERNANDO BUJONES
202 BALASARASWATI: THE CLASSICAL INDIAN TRADITION: SMITA SHAH AND KAMALA CESAR
199 LIGHTING UP THE BALLET AND BROADWAY STAGE: TAMARA GEVA, SONO OSATO LEGEND (EUROPEAN DANCE ROYALTY)
114 BROADWAY BOUND FOR LIFE: GWEN VERDON, HINTON BATTLE
112 THREE RING CIRCUS: LOTTE GOSLAR AND BERTRAM ROSS
105 SURVIVING JACK COLE: HAL SCHAEFER AND ETHEL MARTIN

THE POLITICS OF ART
324 CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO: LUCIANO PROANO/ASTRID HADAD
301 THE GOVERNMENT VS. THE ARITSTS/RICHARD ELOVICH AND HOLLY HUGHES
317 OBSCENITY AND THE ARTS: DOUG VARONE, CARLOS GUTIERREZ-SOLANA AND CAROL VANCE
245 DANCE COMPANY POLITICS: SARITA ALLEN, LESLIE CAROTHERS AND CATHERINE KERR
275 SOCIETY'S VIEW OF THE MALE DANCER: NORMAN WALKER, ROBERT LINDGREN
274 POLITICIZING THE MALE DANCER: LLOYD NEWSON, ABDEL SALAAM
263 PERSONALIZING AIDS: IAN HORVATH, CHARLIE ZIFF, IRENE DOWD
250 UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACHES TO THEATER: ELLEN STEWART
224 ANCIENT FORMS, NEW TECHNOLOGY: PINE CHONG, MEREDITH MONK
191 UNDERMINING POLITICAL CODES THE LATIN WAY: MOLLY AHYE, LOUS BAUZO, JELOM VIEIRA
183 APARTHEID'S HOLD ON THE ARTS: ROB NIXON, PHILEMON WAKASHE AND FRANCES BECKER
174 & 175 ARTIST AS A CREATOR OF MYTHS: JOSEPH CAMPBELL, JEAN ERDMAN
170 BUSTING FEMALE STEREOTYPES: BETH LAPIDES AND PAT OLESZKO
163 THE HEATED CONFLICT BETWEEN MODERN AND BALLET: JOHN TARAS AND FRANCISCO MONSON
121 BODY PREJUDICE IN BALLET: ANN MARIE DeANGELO, DAVID MC NAUGHTON, WILLIAM STARRETT
104 BALLET TO BROADWAY: GALINA PANOVA AND LILIANE MONTEVECCHI
54 THE POLITICS OF PERFORMANCE: BILL T. JONES/BILL IRWIN
208 DANCERS AND ATHLETES STRIVE FOR PERFECTION/RON DARLING/KIRK PETERSON




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