We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Mark Matthews recently presented "Swinging through American History," a Montana Humanities program about the history of dance in the U.S. The event was held at the Harlem Senior Center, who co-sponsored the event with the Harlem Library. The next Montana Humanities program will be March 20 at the Harlem Library. The topic is Hand-Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana. The presenter will be Chere Jiusto. Programs are free and open to the public.
Despite a frigid evening, a decent sized group gathered at the Harlem Senior Center to hear the second Montana Conversation program from Humanities Montana. The presenter, Mark Matthews, did a program called Swinging through American History. It's a short course on the history of dance from the colonial period to modern times. He used videos of vintage dances to illustrate how famous dances developed.
Matthews has done the history of American dance presentations for about four years. A friend suggested he explore his interest in dance and out of his study came a four-book series about dance as...
