John Wilson

Professor Emeritus of Dance and International Studies

JOHN WILSON is Professor Emeritus in Dance and International Studies with the University Arizona, where he taught for 26 years, developed the dance committee into a degree program in the College of Fine Arts, and created new courses, including the psychology of art-making behavior, dance in world cultures, and dance kinesiology. He currently contributes to the University’s general education course, Human Achievement and Innovation in the Arts.

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The Origins of The Dance

Worldview

The American Culture and Ideas Initiative proposes a pedagogical worldview that sees the arts as embedded in the survival of humanity. The beauty of the world is explored. An ennobling vision is presented. Course offerings are couched in a philosophy of the arts that recognizes that the success of the human species has been intimately tied to humanity’s innovations and achievements in the arts.