Dance on the Historically Black College Campus

Wanda K. W. Ebright is Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies for the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Winthrop University, USA. Prior to this appointment, she served as Coordinator of the Dance Program and the Visual & Performing Arts major at Johnson C. Smith University, USA, where she taught all levels of classical ballet, pointe, Graham-based modern, and jazz dance. She is Artistic Director of The Wanda Project, a ballet-based contemporary dance company, and her research is focused on the history of dance in historically black colleges and universities.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Method for Data Collection.- 3. History of Historically Black Colleges and Universities.- 4. The Familiar and the Foreign.- 5. The Five Subject Schools.- 6. Conclusion.-