Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1998 Made in America: the cultural legacy of jazz dance artist Gus Giordano Linda Sabo Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Dance Commons, and the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Sabo, Linda, "Made in America: the cultural legacy of jazz dance artist Gus Giordano" (1998). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 178. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/178 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Made in America: The cultural legacy of jazz dance artist Gus Giordano by linda Sabo A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS Major: English (literature) Major Professor: Nina Miller Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1998 ii Graduate College Iowa State University This is to certify that the Master's thesis of Linda Saba has met the thesis requirements of Iowa State University Signature redacted for privacy Major Professor Signature redacted for privacy Signature redacted for privacy iii DEDICATION To Fritz, for giving me the time ... and the rope To Gus, for giving me his blessing and for sharing the dance iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT v INTRODUCTION 1 I. ENCOUNTERING THE SPIRIT OF JAZ2 DANCE 5 The Jazz Aesthetic: Its Derivations 9 The Jazz Aesthetic: Its Singularity 32 II.