Cultural dance in Australia : essays on performance contexts beyond the Pale / / Jeanette Mollenhauer

• Autore: Mollenhauer Jeanette
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Disciplina: 793.3
• Soggetto topico: Dance; Dance - Social aspects; Emigration and immigration - Social aspects
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- 2 Dance in Diaspora -- Diaspora -- Transnationalism -- About Dance -- Dance and Immigrant Communities -- Taxonomic Terms in Dance Studies -- Notes -- 3 The West/Rest Pirouette: Division in the Dance Canon -- The Rise of 'West is best' Philosophy -- Australian Multiculturalism: Theory and Practical Implications -- Social Context and Dance -- Dance in the Western Canon -- Cultural Dance: Positioning 'The Rest' -- Some Categories of Cultural Dance in 'the Rest' -- Cultural Dance in Other Performative and Social Contexts -- Cultural Dance in Australia -- Indigenous Australian Dance -- Broader Sociocultural and Choreological Issues in Australia -- Notes -- 4 Motifs of Migration: Reproducing Dance in a New Environment -- The Homeland Context -- Leaving the Homeland -- Diasporic Dance: Practical Adaptations -- The Influence of the Dominant Culture -- Transnational Connectivity in Dance -- Organisational Transnationalism -- Pedagogical Transnationalism -- Material Transnationalism -- Case Study: The Kumpanjija of Blato, Croatia82 -- Musical Accompaniment -- Staging the Event -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 In the Spotlight: Public Performances of Cultural Dance in Australia -- Places and Spaces -- Strategies of Self-Representation -- The Role of the Audience at a Dance Performance -- Intercultural Encounters -- Public Performances in Multicultural Australia -- Notes -- 6 The Shell Folkloric Festival: The Most Prominent Multicultural Event -- In the Beginning: The Original Concert, 1973 -- Artistic Control -- The Cohort of Performers -- Programs and Promotional Material -- A Holistic View of the Festival -- A Revisionist Appraisal -- Notes -- 7 Riverdance and the Dissolution of Cultural Boundaries in Australian Irish Dancing. ; 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural Dance in Australia
• ISBN: 9789811959004; 9789811958991
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910632471603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II