Manifesto

Manifesto: A public declaration of intentions, motives or views.

"Dance has served through time and cultures as a collecting force, a softening of hard edges that separates one person from another, an activity of communion." Ruth Zaporah

Social Dance

We studied social dance and explored the Lindy Hop during the Jazz Age as it manifested in American popular culture in a segregated society.

Resources:

IU Swing Dance Club

Panache Dance

Ken Burns Jazz 

Swing Kids, directed by Thomas Carter

Malcom X, directed by Spike Lee

Dancing, New Worlds, New Forms, featuring Frankie Manning and Norma Miller

Monaghan, Terry, Why Study the Lindy Hop?  Dance Research Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2, Social and popular Dance (Winter, 2001) pp. 124-127

Here is a collective definition of Social Dance that members of the class developed:

Social Dance
An informal dance that is malleable in terms of structure, that is fun, self-serving and  often a reflection of cultural norms.
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