Beth Genné
Beth Genné, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Dance Studies and Art
History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is author of a book
on Dame Ninette de Valois, The Making of a Choreographer, and is
currently writing another book, Dancing in the Frame: Astaire,
Balanchine, Kelly and American Film Dance, to be published by Oxford
University Press. Her articles on dance and film musicals have
appeared in Dance Research, Dance Chronicle, Dancing Times,
Art
Journal, and in the books Envisioning Dance on Film and Video;
Following in Sir Fred’s Steps; Re-Thinking Dance History;
Teaching
Dance Studies; and The Living Dance. Her most recent article is
“Glorifying the American Woman: Josephine Baker and George
Balanchine” in Discourses in Dance. She was director of research on
Balanchine’s Hollywood films for the Balanchine Foundation’s
project, “Popular Balanchine.”
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