Performing Arts Research in Progress

LAST NAME FIRST NAME TITLE CHAIR DEGREE FIELD
Cheng De-Hai The Long March to Chinese Ballet: The Ethnic and Aesthetic Concerns in Adapting Chinese Ballet as Performing Art in Taiwan and China (1954-1994) Suzanne Walther Ph.D. Dance Education
Chung Hye Jeung Oskar Schlemmer's Transformation of Human Form in his Total Dance Theatre John Gilbert Ph.D. Dance Education
Heard Marcia Asadata Dafora: The Origin of African Dance Traditions in American Concert Dance Patricia Rowe Ph.D. Dance Education
Miller Elizabeth Meditations on Public Performance and Pregnancy Berenice Fisher Ph.D. Dance Education
Laverty Mary Ann The Pioneering of Hampton Institute Creative Dance Group and their Use of African Diasporic Dance Forms Alistair Martin-Smith Ph.D. Dance Education
Smithner Nancy Directing the Acting Ensemble at the End of the Millennium: Meredith Monk, Elizabeth Le Compte, and Anne Bogart Alistair Martin-Smith Ph.D. Dance Education
Burgess Jean A History of the Young People's Theatre at Center Stage, Baltimore Maryland - 1963-1984 Alistair Martin-Smith Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Burnstine Andrew A History of Costume Design for the Big Apple Circus Nancy Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Daily Jeff The Successful Failure: Arthur Sullivan's Ivanhoe Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Douglas Rodney The Concept and Practice of Mixed Racial Casting in Selected American Theatres from 1960-1990 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Feinstein Majorie A Description of Educational Theatre Practices Applied to Learning Interpersonal Conflict Management Strategies in the Interpersonal Communication College Classroom Robert Taylor Ed.D Educational Theatre
Hale Rebecca Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre: 1968-1997 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Hanson Laura Elements of Modernism in the Musicals of Stephen Sondheim Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Heller William Teaching Shakespeare in the Elementary School Using Drama, Theatre and Technology Alistair Martin-Smith Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Kennedy Jeffery The Artistic Life of the Provincetown Playhouse, 1918-1929 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Kivesto Lois The Theatre Work of James Lapine: Playwright, Librettist, Director Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
McGarry Frances A Process for Developing Young Playwrights: The New York City Young Playwrights Festival, 1981-1991 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Miller Helen "Macbeth" In Performance in the Twentieth Century: An Examination of Stagings by Four Directors over Half a Century Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Moran Martinez Manuel The Development of "Teatro Escolar" Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Sorensen Candace Drama and Theatre at Henry Street Settlement: 1893-1993 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Tamrongween Teeraneete The Asian-American Theatre Movement in New York City: 1970-1990 Lowell Swortzell Ph.D. Educational Theatre
Kim Ji Compositional Procedures in Gearge Crumb's String Quartet Black Angels John Gilbert DA Music Composition
Parsons Robert A Style Analysis of Two Chamber Orchestra Works Lawrence Ferrara Ph.D. Music Composition
Washington Gary The Later Music of Arvo Part: Three Eclectic Analysis Lawrence Ferrara Ph.D. Music Composition
Wogalter Glenn A Directive Notation for Synthesized Sound Events Based on Stream Segregation Kenneth Peacock Ph.D. Music Composition
Guedes Carlos Alberto Mapping Dance to Musical Rhythm: The Creation of a Computational Algorithm for Musical Gesture George Fisher Ph.D. Music Composition
Zilber Michael Proposal for Summer of the Black Sun: A Music Drama Tom Boras DA Music Composition
Brown-Barton Grace Jamaican Folk Songs and Instructional Method Used in Communicating Them in the Primary Schools of Jamaica, West Indies Rodney Miller Ed.D Music Education
Kerlin Jerry The Trasmisson of Dance and Music amoung Irish-Americans in New York City: Learning Theory and Irish Sensibility John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Education
Michelis Rainer The Development and Evaluation of An Algorithm for Structuring Musical Data generated by an Acoustic Musical Instrument for use in a Computer-Based Instructional System Kenneth Peacock Ph.D. Music Education
Parker William Learning Jazz: A descriptive Study of the Jazz Program at the New School for Social Research Tom Boras Ed.D Music Education
Bihimani Raj An Analysis of the Piano Works of Henri Dutilleux John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Brody Samuel The Piano Ensemble Music of Elliot Carter: An Analysis and Performance Guide Dinu Ghezzo Ph.D. Music Performance
Butler Kathleen The use of Midi as a Tool for Comparison of Performance Interpretations of the Chopin Nocturne in F Major Kenneth Peacock Ph.D. Music Performance
Chuang Yue-Fun Preludes and Fugues by Felix Mendelssohn: Study of Unity and Formal Structure Robert Rowe Ph.D. Music Performance
Chen Mon Shan Applications of Ancient Chinese Music "Nanguan" in the selected Works of Contempoary Composer Wen Loomg-Hsing Tom Boras Ph.D. Music Performance
Engle Judith Redeeming the War Horse: Rhetorical Perspectives in the Analysis and Performance of Chopin's Ballades John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Kim Sung-Eun Chopin Polonaise-Fantaise, Opus 61: An Eclectic Analysis John Gilbert DA Music Performance
Kletzien San San Sergei Prokofieff's Complete Violin Sonatas: An Analysis and Performance Guide John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Kondo Kyoko An Analysis and Performance of the Solo Piano Music Of Toru Takemitsu Tom Boras DA Music Performance
Lien Mao-Shu An Analysis and Performance Guide of Nikolai Sidelnikovc's America! It is My Love--12 Etude Impressions for Solo Piano John Gilbert DA Music Performance
Midroit Max An Analysis of Benjamin Britten's "Diversions" for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Minelli David A Performance Analysis of Brahm's Opus 120 Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano George Fisher Ph.D. Music Performance
Nie James Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor Kenneth Peacock Ph.D. Music Performance
Petrides Ron A Stylistic Analysis of Stephen Albert's Symphony River Run John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Schoettler Peter An Analysis and Adaptation for Brass Quintet of selected Madrigals of Don Carlo Gesualdo Kenneth Peacock Ph.D. Music Performance
Shigeta John Jay Jay Johnson-Kai Winding Quintet Thomas Boras Ph.D. Music Performance
Viswanathan Sundar An Analysis of the Jazz Improvisation and Composition in selected Works from the Blue Note Records Period of Tenor Saxophonist Joe Henderson from 1963-1967 Tom Boras Ph.D. Music Performance
Williams Ralph Song Cycles of GottFried Von Einem (1918-1996): A Performance Analysis John Gilbert Ph.D. Music Performance
Austin Diane A Qualitative Study of Analytically Oriented Music Therapy with Individual Adults Barbara Hesser DA Music Therapy
Ramsey David Multifaceted Manifestations of Communication in Group Music Therapy   DA Music Therapy

Last Updated on 11/30/01
By John V. Gilbert
Email: john.gilbert@nyu.edu