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​Marc Strauss

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Marc Strauss, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance, Holland College of Arts & Media, Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. Strauss has taught all levels of studio ballet, jazz, and ballroom and theory classes in the history of the musical, dance history and appreciation, dance in world cultures, the creative process, and the aesthetics of movement. He has studied, performed, taught, and choreographed in a variety of dance styles at the regional, national and international level since the 1980s. Specialized interests include Broadway and Hollywood musicals, dance criticism, dance on film, aesthetics, George Balanchine, Astaire and Rogers, and Alfred Hitchcock.   
Dr. Strauss is the lead author (with Myron Howard Nadel) on the university text Looking at Contemporary Dance: A Guide for the Internet Age (2012; Princeton Book Company) and co-editor/co-author of the third edition of The Dance Experience: Insights into History, Culture and Creativity (2014; Princeton Book Company), also with Mr. Nadel.  He is sole author of Alfred Hitchcock’s Silent Films (2004; McFarland), Hitchcock’s Objects as Subjects: The Significance of Things on Screen (2016; McFarland) and, most recently, Discovering Musicals: A Liberal Arts Guide to Stage and Screen(McFarland; 2019). 
He and his artist wife, Sarah Riley, are retired and live on the Outer Cape of Massachusetts with their mini-schnauzer Gracie. 


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The Open University of Wellfleet, MA a 501 c3,  aims to sustain and enrich intellectual life on the Outer Cape during the shoulder seasons. We offer courses to the public, for a modest fee, that celebrate the area's rich history and culture and draw on the talents and expertise of our residents. Our educational forum stresses collaborative learning, with lectures by instructors, directed discussions, readings and participant contributions. Our classes welcome participants from all over Cape Cod to some of Wellfleet's most charming and accessible locations.
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