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Author: S. Foster
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009-06-10
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0230236847
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat world has been constructed for dancing through the use of the term 'world dance'? What kinds of worlds do we as scholars create for a given dance when we undertake to describe and analyze it? This book endeavours to make new epistemological space for the analysis of the world's dance by offering a variety of new analytic approaches.
Author: Arnold L. Haskell
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 92
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Barefoot Books
Published: 2019-09-01
Total Pages: 99
ISBN-13: 1782858865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSay it with dance! This gorgeous collection will enchant young dancers with stories from eight cultures, including the Polka in the Czech Republic, Limbo in the West Indies and the Waltz in Germany.
Author: Patricia Leigh Beaman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-09-14
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 1317441060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom healing, fertility and religious rituals, through theatrical entertainment, to death ceremonies and ancestor worship, World Dance Cultures introduces an extraordinary variety of dance forms practiced around the world. This highly illustrated textbook draws on wide-ranging historical documentation and first-hand accounts, taking in India, Bali, Java, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hawai’i, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Africa, Turkey, Spain, Native America, South America, and the Caribbean. Each chapter covers a certain region’s distinctive dances, pinpoints key issues and trends from the form’s development to its modern iteration, and offers a wealth of study features including: Case Studies – zooming in on key details of a dance form’s cultural, historical, and religious contexts ‘Explorations’ – first-hand descriptions of dances, from scholars, anthropologists and practitioners ‘Think About’ – provocations to encourage critical analysis of dance forms and the ways in which they’re understood Discussion Questions – starting points for group work, classroom seminars or individual study Further Study Tips – listing essential books, essays and video material. Offering a comprehensive overview of each dance form covered with over 100 full color photos, World Dance Cultures is an essential introductory resource for students and instructors alike.
Author: Lloyd Jones
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2010-10-29
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0307369684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAvailable in Canada for the first time from the author of Mister Pip The two intertwined love stories in this brilliant novel take the reader from New Zealand to Buenos Aires to Sydney, from the final days of WWI, to the present moment, and back again. Drawing on the intimate rhythms of the tango to find its shape, Jones has written a thrilling and sensuous essay on how we can fall in love, while brilliantly evoking the spare and windswept landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island and the stately sensuous contours of one of the world’s most famous dances.
Author: Caitlin E. McDonald
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-07-05
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1476605688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice. They explore the differences between the solo improvisational forms of North Africa and the Middle East, often referred to as raqs sharki, which are part of family celebrations, and the numerous globalized versions of this dance form, belly dance, derived from the movement vocabulary of North Africa and the Middle East but with a variety of performance styles distinct from its site of origin. Local versions of belly dance have grown and changed along with the role that dance plays in the community. The global evolution of belly dance is an inspiring example of the interplay of imagination, the internet and the social forces of local communities. All royalties are being donated to Women for Women International, an organization dedicated to supporting women survivors of war through economic, health, and social education programs. The contributors are proud to provide continuing sponsorship to such a worthwhile and necessary cause.
Author: Sherry B. Shapiro
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780736069434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith contributors from many fields and diverse cultural backgrounds, this book expands on the discourse and curriculum of dance in ways that connect it to the critical, political, moral and aesthetic dimensions of society, for example, examining choreography and issues of the self.
Author: Nyama McCarthy-Brown
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-05-12
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0786497025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIssues of race, class, gender and religion permeate the study of contemporary dance, resulting in cultural clashes in classrooms and studios. The first of its kind, this book provides dance educators with tools to refocus teaching methods to celebrate the pluralism of the United States. The contributors discuss how to diversify ballet technique classes and dance history courses in higher education, choreographing dance about socially charged contemporary issues, and incorporating Native American dances into the curriculum, among other topics. The application of relevant pedagogy in the dance classroom enables instructors to teach methods that reflect students' culture and affirm their experiences.
Author: Dena Davida
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Published: 2011-10-01
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 1554583772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance examines the deeper meanings and resonances of artistic dance in contemporary culture. The book comprises four sections: methods and methodologies, autoethnography, pedagogies and creative processes, and choreographies as cultural and spiritual representations. The contributors bring an insiders insight to their accounts of the nature and function of these artistic practices, giving voice to dancers, dance teachers, creators, programmers, spectators, students, and scholars. International and intergenerational, this collection of groundbreaking scholarly research points to a new direction for both dance studies and dance anthropology. Traditionally the exclusive domain of aesthetic philosophers, the art of dance is here reframed as cultural practice, and its significance is revealed through a chorus of voices from practitioners and insider ethnographers.
Author: Matt Pagett
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2008-03-05
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780811863032
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCapturing centuries of rhythmic wisdom just in time for Saturday night, this must-have compendium features the illustrated, step-by-step moves for 100 hot-blooded hipshakers sure to please veteran groove-machines as well as those with two left feet.
