麻豆原创

Ed.D., Art and Art Education. 麻豆原创, New York, New York. (1992)

M.A., Dance and Dance Education, 麻豆原创, New York, New York.  (1986)

B.A., Music Education and Government, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.  (1980)

Integrated arts genres; the Broadway musical; dance; physical theatre; American social history, popular culture and entertainment.

鈥凄补苍肠别.鈥� In The Routledge Handbook to the Culture and Media of the Americas (Routledge/Ashgate). 2020.

Rock 鈥榥鈥� Roll Dances of the 1950s. 2011. Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO.

鈥淒ancing to Sinatra: The Partnership Between Music and Movement in Twyla Tharp鈥檚 Sinatra Suite.鈥�  In Frank Sinatra: The Man, The Music, and the Legend. 2007. University of Rochester Press. 

鈥淧olitics in Choreography: The Political Statements of Italian-American Modern Dancers.鈥�  In Italian-American Politics: Local, Global/Cultural, Personal.  2005.  (Selected essays from the 31^st annual conference of the American Italian Historical Association, Fall 1998, New York, New York.)

鈥�5-6-7-8! Tips for Terps Auditioning for Musicals.鈥� In The Back Stage Actor鈥檚 Handbook. 2004. Back Stage Books.

The Girl Who Fell Down: A Biography of Joan McCracken. 2003. Northeastern University Press. (Finalist, Theatre Library Association鈥檚 GEORGE FREEDLEY MEMORIAL AWARD for outstanding book in the area of theatre or live performance.)

鈥淕wen Verdon.鈥� In American National Biography Supplement 1, 2002.  Oxford University Press.

鈥淧eter Gennaro.鈥� In American National Biography Online, 2002. Oxford University Press.

鈥淭eaching the Past: A Lesson for Making Dance History Come Alive.鈥� In Dance Teacher, October 2000.

鈥淐arol Haney.鈥�  鈥淛oan McCracken.鈥�  鈥淩on Field.鈥� 鈥淛ulian Mitchell.鈥� 鈥淔rank 鈥楰iller Joe鈥� Piro.鈥�  In American National Biography. 1999. Oxford University Press.

鈥淏usby Berkeley.鈥� 鈥淰incente Minnelli.鈥� 鈥淩ockettes.鈥� 鈥淭ap Dancing.鈥� 鈥淓dward Villella.鈥�  In Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 1999. St. James Press.

鈥凄补苍肠别.鈥� 鈥淓dward Villella.鈥� 鈥淢ichael Bennett.鈥� 鈥淧eter Gennaro.鈥� In The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia. 1999. Garland Publishing (Taylor & Francis, Inc.). 鈥淒ance鈥� also presented at New York City Fieri Society meeting, 1995.

鈥淎ngiola Sartorio.鈥� In The International Dictionary of Modern Dance. 1998. St. James Press.

 鈥淭he Influence of Modern Dance on American Musical Theatre Choreography of the 1940s.鈥� In Dance: Current Selected Research, Volume 2, Fall 1990.

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