DANC 028. Ballet in the Atlantic World.

This course examines 18th- and 19th-century ballet as it traveled between Europe, North, and South America between 1764 and 1914 with special attention to three areas: empire, touring, and migration. Students will use sources including videos of modern productions, text-based and visual primary sources, and secondary sources to study some of the major choreographic works of the 19th century, choreographers, and their lineages through attention to the various case studies, including adaptation to popular stages and new venues. Attention will also be paid to works now considered to be "minor" works but which reveal information about 19th-century performance especially in North and South American contexts. Specific areas of focus will include: theatrical performances in the French Caribbean colonies and the subsequent resettlement of French performers in the United States following the Haitian Revolution; the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil and the subsequent establishment of Italian ballet in Rio de Janeiro, via Lisbon; and touring between Europe and the Americas. This course also focuses in part on developing a corpus of material through digital archives and mapping the movement of dancers, teachers, and/or theatrical works via digital humanities methods.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for GLBL-core.
Spring 2023. Sabee.
Catalog chapter: Music and Dance: Dance
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/dance

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