Roger Copeland
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Roger Copeland is Professor of Theater and Dance at Oberlin College where he teaches History of Western Theatre among other classes.[1] His essays about theater, film, and dance have appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Village Voice, Film Comment, Partisan Review, American Theatre, and many other publications.[2] His books include What Is Dance? and Merce Cunningham: The Modernizing of Modern Dance.[3] His film Camera Obscura won the Festival Award at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh in 1985.[4] In 1989, Recorder, a video adaptation of his theater piece, "The Private Sector," was screened on WNET's Independent Focus series in New York City.[4]
His most recent feature-length narrative film is The Unrecovered.[1]
He enjoys lecturing on the Choric Dithyramb, and representation not re-presenataion. [6] [7] [8]
