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Folk Dance and the Creation of National Identities

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Author: Search for this author Shay, Anthony (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Anthony Shay
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Year: [2023]
Publisher: Cham, Palgrave Macmillan
Media group: Buch
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This book is about the folk: the folk in folk dance, the folk in folklore, the folk in folk wisdom. When we see folk dance on the stage or in a tourist setting, which is the way in which many of us experience folk dance, the question arises are these the “real folk” performing their authentic dances? Or are they urban, well trained, carefully-rehearsed professional dancers who make their livelihood as representatives of a specific nation-state acting as the folk? Or something in between? This study delves more deeply into the folk, their origins, their identities in order to know the source of inspiration for ethno identity dances - dances prepared for the stage and the ballroom and for public performances from ballet, state folk dance ensembles and their amateur emulators, immigrant folk dance group performances, and tourist presentations. These dances, unlike modern dance, ballet, or most vernacular dances, always have strong ethnic references. It will also look at a gallery of choreographers and artistic directors across a wide spectrum of dance genres. Anthony Shay is Professor of Dance and Cultural Studies in the Dance Department of Pomona College, Claremont, USA

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Author: Search for this author Shay, Anthony (author)
Statement of Responsibility: Anthony Shay
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: [2023]
Publisher: Cham, Palgrave Macmillan
Works included: Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Folk -- Chapter 2 - Mazowsze: Poland on Stage -- Chapter 3 - The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble: Proper Peasants, Chapter 4 - Founding Artistic Director Olga Skovran Stages the Serbian Folk -- Chapter 5 - Mahmoud Reda and the Egyptian Fellahin -- Chapter 6 - Hawaiian Hula, Patrick Makuakane, and Na Lei Hulu I ka Weikiu.
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ISBN: 9783031233357
Description: xlvii, 302 Seiten, Illustrationen
Tags: Folk dance; Cultural property; Culture / Study and teaching; Identity; Performing arts
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Language: Englisch
Media group: Buch