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Professor Carol explains various uses of dance forms: the light-hearted dances used by Rossini to strike a contrast with the serious dramatic action of William Tell, the tango combined by John Mackey with machine music, and the Renaissance dance forms comprising Susato’s Danserye.
Works Discussed: Rossini, William Tell; Mackey, Redline Tango; Honegger, Pacific 231; Susato, The Danserye.
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