Choreo-Musical Conditioning -- Choreography -- Appearance -- Music and Sound -- Narrative -- A Prominent Venue -- Marketing -- Professionalism -- Modern, Global Appeal -- Australian Irish Dancing: Now Open to All -- Notes -- 8 The Ivory Tower and Its Fixed Pointe of Reference -- Aesthetics -- Ramifications in Dance Practices -- Dance Writings and Stock Stories: Evolution, Hierarchy and Universalism -- Notes -- 9 Borders, Boundaries and Difference -- Beth Dean -- Margaret Walker -- Walker's Inspiration: Igor Moiseyev -- Dance Concert -- Dance Concert and Participatory Encounters -- Notes -- 10 The White Pages: Dance in Australian Textual Records -- Evolution -- Beth Dean: Evolution, a Dance Hierarchy and Universalism -- Newspapers: Journalistic Observers -- Enter the Colonies Dancing: A History of Dance in Australia 1835-1940 -- Ballet in Australia: The Second Act, 1940-1980 -- Australia Dances: Creating Australian Dance 1945-1965 -- Websites and Reports -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 11 The Need for an Archive of Cultural Dance -- Archiving Dance -- Existing Collections: Overseas -- Existing Collections: Australia -- Building the Archival Collection -- Orality in Dance Archives -- The Proposed Archive: Development Strategies and Potential Benefits -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: A Selection of Cultural Dance Groups in Sydney, Australia -- Notes -- 12 Steps Towards the Future -- Affirmation of Multiculturalism -- Diversity -- Recognising the 'Other' Diversity -- Decolonising Australian Dance -- Choreographies of Change -- Some Final Words -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |