This topic explores song and dance as integral aspects within specific genres of popular performance such as the Broadway musical. Emphasis is on the history, genealogy, and development of selected forms, as well as the social, economic, political, and cultural contexts out of which they emerged. Case studies of selected works will provide opportunities to analyse their aesthetic principles and dramaturgical structures and to evaluate why they remain popular with audiences.
This topic aims to:
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