What were the socio-political issues surrounding dance addressed in the article Desmond article, “Embodying Difference”? 2. When discussing the migratory and transmissive dance styles, what time periods and dance genres were described? 3. How was appropriation defined in this text? 4. Have you ever witnessed appropriation in performance? 5. What is dance scholarship? 6. Who is Pierre Bourdieu and which one of his sociological aesthetic concepts appeared in the Desmond reading? Explain why. 7. In the Graves article, why was community so important to the theory and practice of movement? 8. Who is Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and what are her major contributions to the communal approach surrounding dance? 9. How did the Urban Bush Women dance company structure their choreographic works, and how was community an integral part of their choreographic process? 10. What was the Dixwell Community Engagement Project? 11. Have you ever been a part of any community engagement activities or projects? What were they? Did it feel important to be involved? 12. Describe your everyday community.

What were the socio-political issues surrounding dance addressed in the article Desmond
article, “Embodying Difference”?
2. When discussing the migratory and transmissive dance styles, what time periods and
dance genres were described?
3. How was appropriation defined in this text?
4. Have you ever witnessed appropriation in performance?
5. What is dance scholarship?
6. Who is Pierre Bourdieu and which one of his sociological aesthetic concepts appeared in
the Desmond reading? Explain why.
7. In the Graves article, why was community so important to the theory and practice of
movement?
8. Who is Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and what are her major contributions to the communal
approach surrounding dance?
9. How did the Urban Bush Women dance company structure their choreographic works,
and how was community an integral part of their choreographic process?
10. What was the Dixwell Community Engagement Project?
11. Have you ever been a part of any community engagement activities or projects? What
were they? Did it feel important to be involved?
12. Describe your everyday community.