Written by a diverse group of cultural insiders from across the globe, "Dance Cultures Around the World" gives students a rich and in-depth look at 25 différent cultures of dance. The text addresses cros-cultural dynamics, colonialisme, disaspora, politics, and more as critical factors in learning about dance around the world.
The contributing writers provide an insider's viewpoint in describing the specific contexts and forces that shape various cultural dances.
Dance Cultures around the World offers a wealth of information:
- It explore dance cultures in nine geopolical regions.
- It reveals patterns that operate in each region, adjusting for historical, political, and geographical differences.
- It enriches the reader's experience of their own culture, as well as those of others, as they learn what danceis in various cultures, who dances, and why they dance.
Each chapiter begins with a vignette descirbing a signature dance or dance-relate feature of the culture, followed by an introduction to its history and geography. Significant events, people, and qualities of the dance culture are highlighted throughout the chapiters.
Dance Cultures Around the World offers readers an overview of dance cultures and an insider's perpective on how dance develops and evolves around the world. Together with the online resources provided in HKPropel, the book gives studients and instructors a well-crafted gateway to dance culture across the globe." 4e de couverture
Contents
Part 1 : North America
1- Native American and first Nations Dance
- Studying Native American Cultures
- History of intertribal Powwows
- Powwows Elements
- Powwows Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
2- Social DAnce in the United States : Expression and Socialization
- Brief history
- Social Dance
- Social Dance as Expression
- Social Dance for Socialization
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
3- Danza Folklórico and Mexican American Culture : i Un Gran Fandango !
- Ever-Evolving Dances of Ancient Culture
- Spanish Conquest and Colonialism
- Mexican Nation
- French Occupation of Mexico
- The Mexican Revolution
- Crosscurrents
- Filklórico as Integrative Learning
- Summary
Part 2 : Central and South America
4- Dance in Guatamala : Source for a Collective Indentity in Motion
- Creating Identity
- Dance as a Calendrial Event
- Continuity of Mayan Practices
- Colonial Period
- The Garìfuna
- Influence From Western Theatrical Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
5- Dance in Brazil
- Geography and History
- Dance and Ritual in Pre-Brazil
- European Dance in Brazil
- Founding of Modern Dance in Brazil
- Regional Dance and Popular Cultural Events
- African Dance in Brazil
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Part 3 : Caribbean
6- Bèlè Drum-Dance Culture in Martinique
- Defining Bèlè as a Regional Folk Tradition
- Question of Origins
- Bèlè Performance Contexts in Contemporary Martinique
- Bèlè's Pre-Revival Eclipse in Martinique
- Bèlè's Revitalization, Cultural Activism, and Pedagogy
- Annual Holidays and Observances
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
7- Dance in Trinidad and Tobago : "Where Everybody Dance"
- History and Carnival as a Trini Identifier
- Neo-African Dance in Trinidad and Tobago
- From Ritual to Performance
- Indo-Trinidadian Dance TRaditions and Development
- Other Cultural Infusions
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Part 4 : Africa
8- Dance in Ghana
- Brief History
- Crosscurrents
- A Multiplicity of Costoms
- TRaditional Dances from Ghana
- Social Dance
- Ceremonial DAnce
-Summary
9- Dance in Uganda : Inherent Community-Based Agendas in Dancing and Dance-Musicking Traditions
- Brief History
- Dancing and Dance-Musicking
- A Communitarian Approch to Coexistence
- Activation of Individual and Community Human Social Capital
- Cross Current
- Summary
10- Dance Culture of Zimbabwe
- Brief History and Geography
- Indigenous Zimbabwean DAnces
- Characteristic Features of Indigenous Dances
- Crosscurrents
- Implication of Modernity and Globalization
- Summary
Part 5 : Europe and Russia
11- Dance in Irish Culture
- Brief History
- Irish Dance Culture from the 13th Century CE
- Dance During the Colonial Era
- Dance at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Dance during the Postcolonial Era
- Theatricalization of Irish Dance in Ireland
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
12- Dance in Spain
- Flamenco
- Spanish Dance and Flamenco
- Crosscurrent
- Summary
13- Dance in Croatia : A Small Country With Rich Dance Diversity
- Social Context
- Central and Southeastern European Influences
- Regional Style of Dance and Music
- Legacies of Cross-Cultural Trade and travel
- Institutionalized Dance Education
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
14- Dance in Greek Culture
- Brief History and Geography
- Ancient Greek Dance ( 800-143 BCE)
- Theatrical Dances of the Classical Period
- Greek Dance in the Middle Ages ( 146 BCE-1453 CE)
- Early Modern Dance ( 1453-1821)
- Traditional Dance in Modern Greece ( 1821-Present)
- Popular Dance
- Contemporary Art Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
15- Dance in Bulgarian Culture
- Bulgarian Dance Culture
- The Horo
- Folk Dance Education and Bulgarian Music
- Crosscurrents
- A new Choreographic Culture
- Summary
16- Traditional Dance in Russia
- Brief History
- Ethno Identity Dance and Socialist Realism
- Russian Folk Dance in the Field
- Three Russian Folk Dances
- Russian Ethno Identity Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Part 6 : Middle East
17- Dance Cultures of Turkey
- Brief History
- Traditional Folk Dance
- Classical Dance
- Religious Movement Systems
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
18- Dance in Iran: Raqs-i-Irani : The Persian Dance
- Myths and Assumptions of Persian Dance
- Historical Highlights
- Modernization of Iran
- Islamic Revolution of 1979
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Parts 7 : South and Southeast Asia
19- Indian Dance
- Brief History
- Classical Dances
- Tradition and Reconstruction
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
20- Dance in Indonesia : Jathilan Trance Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Diversity of Indonesian Dance
- Ancestor Worship, Trance, and Religion
- Jathilan Trance DAnce
- Revival of Traditional Dance Arts
- Summary
21- Dance in the Philippines
- Place-Based Dance Practices
- Music and Dance
- Acapulco-Manila Galleons and the Malding of Forms
- Dance as Part of Festivity
- The "Mother" of Philippines Folk Dance
- Indigenous Peoples
- Kapwa
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Part 8 : East Asia
22- Dance in Chinese Culture
- Dance in Chinese Culture Over 5000 Years of History
- Classical DAnce
- Chinese Folk Dance
- Martial Arts, Competition, and Military Dance
- 20th-Century Political Turmoil
- Chinese Civil War
- Yangbanxi
- Zhongguogudianwu
- Paths to Contemporary Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
23- Dance in Japanese Culture
- Matsuri
- A Confluence of Cultures
- Japanese Aesthetics
- Kagura
- Noh and Dabuki Theater
- Folk Dance of Indigenous People in Hokkaido and Okinawa
- Crosscurrents
- Popular Dance in Contemporary Japan
- Summary
Part 9 : Oceania
24- Dance of Aboriginal Australia
- Aboriginal Culture
- Rom in Nothern Australia
- Other Contexts of Dance in Arnhem Land
- Central Australia
- Other Traditions on Aboriginal Dance
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
25- Dance in Tahitian Culture
- Brief History
- The Colonial Institution
- Creativity and Innovation
- Crosscurrents
- Summary
Index
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