Lumi

Dance
I. Dance in the medival and roman eras (There are many different periods where dance is different, but two in particular that I wanted to explore were...)
-history and culture
-I think that dance has changed because music has changed
II. The media
-it's impact with stereotyping dance (specific shows?)
III. The reasons why dance is considered a female activity
-phyiscal appeal
-different genres (jazz, ballet, hiphop)
IV. How our society is changing today

Huge rise in boys taking dance classes
-Numbers in dance rise at a boy's boarding school
-Rugby and football boys try dance and many enjoy it (physical fit helps them)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/mar/15/school-sports-dance

Ecouraging boys to dance
-"the current perception is that dance is not a “manly” activity"
-talks about the gender issue in dance
-has a list of how to make dance appealing to boys (which is basically a list of reasons why dance is considered a female activity)
http://danceadvantage.net/2008/04/26/encouraging-boys-to-dance/

The school of american ballet offering a boys only class
-pink
-ecourage boys to join because they are minority
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/19/arts/dance/19good.html

A novel written by the mother of a boy called the only boy in ballet class (based on her own experience)
http://www.theonlyboyinballetclass.com/about.htm

Dance in the Renaissance (14th to 17th century)
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/f98/rendanc.htm
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/f98/types.htm (the different types of dancing)
http://www.shoshone.k12.id.us/medieval/dance.htm#TypesofDance (another site about medival dancing)

Roman dance (1st or 2nd century BC)
http://www.carnaval.com/italy/dance/roman_dance.htm