Beth Genne

Name: Beth Genne

Title(s):

• Professor, Music, Theater & Dance
• Professor, Residential College

Contact Information: 734.647.4344 , genne@umich.edu

Website: http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/genne.beth.lasso

International Institute Affiliation(s):

• CREES
• CWPS
• CICS

Department Affiliation(s):

• Dance
• Residential College

Education Background: B.A., Music Literature, University of Michigan, 1966; M.A., History of Art, University of Michigan, 1968; Ph.D., History of Art, University of Michigan, 1984

World Area(s) of Study/Interest:

• Russian and East European Studies

Research/Teaching Specialization: Dance history, George Balanchine

Area/Int'l Course(s) Taught: Art and Dance in the Age of Diaghilev; Age of Diaghilev 1909-1929; George Balanchine and the Transformation of American Dance

Publications:

• "Dance in Film from Hollywood to Bollywood". 2003. (Book Chapter)
• "Dancing in the Street from Fred Astaire to Michael Jackson". 2003. (Book Chapter)
• "Dancin' in the Rain: Gene Kelly's Musical Films". 2002. (Book Chapter)
• "A Century of Swan Lake: Then and Now". 2002. (Book Chapter)
• "A New Home for Mark Morris". October 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "Freedom Incarnate: Jerome Robbins, Gene Kelly and the Dancing Sailor as an Icon of American Values in World War II". 2001. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "Creating a Canon, Creating the Classics in Twentieth Century British Ballet". 2000. (Refereed Journal Article)
• "My Dearest Friend, My Dearest Collaborator: Ashton, Fedorovitch and Symphonic Variations". 1996. (Book Chapter)