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OPDI-126: Teaching Musical Theatre Dance Forms: A Historiographical Approach
January 12, 2026 - April 05, 2026
In this course, you will take an embodied historiographical approach to the classroom teaching of Musical Theatre dance forms with a focus on decolonization of the canon. Beginning with Shuffle Along and continuing 100 years to the present, we will investigate the dance forms correlated with twelve iconic musicals. During the course, we will:
- Generate lesson plans for teaching the embodied dance history of musical theatre from 1921 - present
- Develop knowledge of the cultural roots of the dance forms commonly identified with the performance of musical theatre
- Identify the choreographers whose work has shaped 100 years of musical theatre as well as the often uncredited artists who influenced them
- Examine the historical events surrounding the production of each of these 12 musicals and consider grade-appropriate techniques for incorporating these events into the teaching of musical theatre dance forms.
No book required for this course.
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Speakers
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Jennifer Seigle
<p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;" id="m_-3134014449062814874m_-4762077614623095947gmail-docs-internal-guid-9f523548-7fff-afed-d216-8bce61d18957">Jennifer Seigle is an artist-scholar with a passion for musical theatre who has traveled the country as director, choreographer, movement coach, and master teacher. Professional credits include Arizona Opera, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Gardner Stages (Los Angeles), Whitmore-Lindley Theatre (Los Angeles), and Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts. As an educator, Jennifer works with students to create interdisciplinary works of physical theatre. She has directed/choreographed for the University of Colorado</span><i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">,</span></i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> Columbia Gorge School of Theatre, and Long Beach City College, and has created more than 20 works of original concert dance for colleges across California and the Southwest. Jennifer served as faculty at UCSB, LA City College, and Santa Barbara City College. She is an Associate Member of SDC and Dance Program Director at Mesa Community College. Jennifer holds an MFA in Dance and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Shakespeare (University of Colorado); BA Theatre (California State University, Northridge); JD (Southwestern Law School).</span></span></p>
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