Marc Strauss
Marc Strauss, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Theatre and Dance from the Holland College of Arts & Media at Southeast Missouri State University (1995 – 2014). While at university, he taught all levels of studio ballet, jazz, and ballroom as well as theory classes in the history of the musical, dance history and appreciation, dance in world cultures, the creative process, and the aesthetics of movement. Dr. Strauss 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 & Company) and Hitchcock’s Objects as Subjects: The Significance of Things on Screen (2016; McFarland & Company). His most recent book, Discovering Musicals: A Liberal Arts Guide to Stage and Screen (McFarland; 2019), is available for sale at the Wellfleet Marketplace, on amazon.com, or with the author himself.
He and his artist wife, Sarah Riley, are retired and live with their two mini-schnauzers Nikke and Gracie.
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 & Company) and Hitchcock’s Objects as Subjects: The Significance of Things on Screen (2016; McFarland & Company). His most recent book, Discovering Musicals: A Liberal Arts Guide to Stage and Screen (McFarland; 2019), is available for sale at the Wellfleet Marketplace, on amazon.com, or with the author himself.
He and his artist wife, Sarah Riley, are retired and live with their two mini-schnauzers Nikke and Gracie.