Jerry
Duke is Professor Emeritus and former Coordinator of Dance Studies
at SFSU where he taught dance ethnology and history. He holds the
Ph.D. in Dance Research, Texas Woman's U.; M.A. in Dance
Ethnology & Folklore, UCLA; and the M.A. in Dance, Florida
State U. He has done additional graduate work in Anthropology and
Ethnomusicology at UC Berkeley, U. of Washington and San Francisco
State U. He has researched dance and ritual in North American,
Europe, Taiwan, and New Zealand and served as president of the
international Congress on Research in Dance. Dr. Duke's
choreographies have been performed at many major theaters and he
has produced three dance specials for PBS, three articles for the
"International Dance Encyclopedia", and three booklets,
"Appalachian Clog Dance," "Dances of the Cajuns," and "Recreational
Dance."
