EP 28 is out and our hosts have a conversation with our guest, Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro! Our guest discusses dance, movement, and the body, expanding on questions from Roger & Chris about vernacular dance/movement, curriculum, and higher education inclusivity. VOICES FROM THE VERNACULAR MUSIC CENTER is a podcast from at Texas Tech University. Join Roger and Chris as they range across the centuries and around the worlds of oral-tradition music and dance, with guests along the way! We would like to thank the TTU Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation for funding Series 1 and the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts for funding Series 2 and 3. Please Like | Follow/Subscribe | Download | Share | Leave a Review!
Intro - 0:00
Part I, Meet Interim Dean Genevieve Durham DeCesaro - 01:10
Part II, The Role of Dance in Both the Program & the Community - 12:38
Part III, How to Learn from Our Body - 15:31
Part IV, Music & Dance Coexist - 22:35
Part V, Making Higher Education Inclusive - 30:00
Part VI, Live Performances & Leadership Post-COVID - 39:55
Part VI, Engaging with Students & Cultural Traditions in an Ethical Way - 44:28
Part VII, What is Vernacular Dance & Why Does It Matter? - 50:15
Outro - 54:04
BIO: Prior to her appointment as Interim Dean, Professor of Dance Genevieve Durham DeCesaro served Texas Tech University as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs since 2014. She joined the Provost's staff after serving as Head of Dance since 2004 and as Associate Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance since 2008. Her choreography has been commissioned and performed across the country, with notable presentations at Virginia Tech, Spelman College, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
More recently, her artistic and scholarly research agenda has foregrounded perceptions of the human condition as understood and expressed through movement and other types of performance. Her work in this area, including the 2016 monograph Ordinary Wars: Doing Transdisciplinary Research (with Dr. Elizabeth Sharp) has been featured nationally and internationally, with key presentations at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, and the annual convention of the American Psychological Association. Interim Dean Durham DeCesaro currently serves as the Vice President for Regional Planning for the American College Dance Association and is a Visiting Evaluator for the National Association of Schools of Dance.
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