ASSIGNMENT
Read: Thomas DeFrantz, Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey’s Embodiment of African American Culture
“Preface”
“Revelations 1962”
“Black Modernism”
“Race Matters”
“Gender and Spectatorship”
“Sex”
Analysis Question:
Writing Assignment #9 Question: How does Thomas DeFrantz describe Alvin Ailey’s staging of black masculinity and what impact did Ailey’s staging have on spectatorship?
