The 2017 Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts
Books, Bodies, and Circulations of Dancing
in Early 18th-Century France and England
Linda Tomko, Associate Professor,
University of California at Riverside
Thursday, March 30, 2017
4:30 p.m.
Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
Reception following in the Mann Assembly Room,
103 Paterno Library
A historian, performer, and embodier of dances past, Linda Tomko holds a Ph.D. in history from UCLA and her work focuses on the embodiment
and theorization of early 18th-century French and English court and theatre dances. She leads the Baroque dance troupe Les Menus
Plaisirs and has choreographed period-style dances for Stanford University. Active in scholarly dance organizations, she currently serves as
editor for the Dance & Music series published by Pendragon Press.
Professor Tomko’s lecture will draw from the holdings of the Mary Ann O’Brian Malkin Early Dance Collection (1531–1804) in the Eberly Family
Special Collections Library, which includes books on the history of European dance, its dancers (both amateur and professional), and on the
development of dance notation.
The Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts is supported by the Mary Louise Krumrine Endowment.
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may contact LuAnn Shifter (814-867-0290/[email protected]) in advance of the program.
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