Beth Genné
Professor
of Dance Studies, Department of Dance, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance
Professor of Art History, Arts and Ideas Concentration, Residential College
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D.
1984, History of Art,
See also my Biography with a picture of me on the Dance Department website,
and a list of my
Publications.
I have a joint appointment at the
For a list of the courses I
teach, see the RC dance studies page.
I am also a faculty associate
and on the Steering Committee for the University of Michigan Center for
World Performance Studies and a faculty
associate of the Center for Russian and East
European Studies and of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
I am married to Allan
Gibbard, and my sons are Stephen and George Gibbard. My sister Maria Genné directs
an intergenerational dance company Kairos Dance Theater in
I do research in Dance History,
and have written numerous articles, essays, and pieces of criticism. I have
also written a book on Dame Ninette de Valois, The Making of a
Choreographer: Ninette de Valois and Bar aux Folies-Bergere (Society of
Dance History Scholars, Studies in Dance History Series, 1996) distributed by