Thomas F. DeFrantz, Research Professor of African and African American Studies
- Education:
- Ph.D., New York University, 1997
Professional Work and Scholarship (More Professional Work and Scholarship)
Essays, Articles, Chapters in Books
- DeFrantz, TF, Black dance and technologies of wellness,
Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, vol. 13 no. 2
(January, 2022),
pp. 212-213 [doi] .
- Defrantz, TF, Intermediality and queer African American improvisation: Dianne mcintyre, sounds in motion,
Theatre Research International, vol. 46 no. 2
(July, 2021),
pp. 115-127 [doi] [abs].
- DeFrantz, TF, The race of contemporary ballet: Interpellations of africanist aesthetics,
in The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Ballet
(January, 2021),
pp. 562-580 [doi] [abs].
- DeFrantz, TF, The talking,
Theater, vol. 50 no. 3
(November, 2020),
pp. 63-67 [doi] .
- DeFrantz, TF, Soundz at the back of my head,
Theater, vol. 50 no. 3
(November, 2020),
pp. 69-85 [doi] .
Commissioned Choreography:
- Performing Black, March 27, 2012
- Theory-Ography 4: we queer here, February 18, 2012
Choreography:
- i don't trust you anymore, April, 2017
- ZwischenRaum, October 23, 2012
- Why Are We First?, American Dance Festival, July 08, 2012
Directorships:
- President, Society of Dance History Scholars, 2011-2014
Special Projects:
- Special Projects, Alabama Dance Festival, January 24, 2013
- Dramaturg, Dresden Ballet, Semper Opera, October 23, 2012
Theater:
- Based on Images, Columbia, South Carolina, November 27, 2012
Presentations:
- Notes from the Field: Dance Studies, Skype Lecture, University of Wisconsin Dance Department, October 29, 2012
Conferences:
- Conference Committee and Programming Chair, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, June 14 - 17, 2012
- Conference Convenor, Fugitive Futures of Dance, University of Minnesota, 2012
- Convenor, Choreography and Corporeality Working Group, Santiago, Chile, July 22 - 29, 2012
- Convenor, Collegium for African Diaspora Dance, Duke University, April 13, 2012
Master Classes:
- Master Classes, Adjudicator and Master Classes, ACDFA, March 6 - 11, 2012
Other Activities:
- you should've told me, April, 2016
- where did i think i was going? [moving into signal], 2014
- are you still busy being mad at me?, March, 2013
- CANE a responsive environment dance work, 2013
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