Fields in Motion

Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance
Herausgeber: Davida, Dena

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looking at methods, autoethnography, pedagogies and creative processes, and choreographies as cultural and spiritual representations, contributors discuss the deeper meanings and resonances of artistic dance, Â giving voice to dancers, creators, programmers, spectators, students, and scholars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 150mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 674g
• ISBN-13: 9781554583416
• ISBN-10: 1554583411
• Artikelnr.: 35207199

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents for Fields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance,
edited by Dena Davida
Foreword Naomi Jackson (Canada/USA)
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Anthropology at Home in the Art Worlds of Dance Dena Davida
(Canada)
SECTION 1: Inventing Strategies, Models, and Methods
1. Shifting Positions: From the Dancers' Posture to the Researchers'
Posture Anne Cazemajou (France)
2. A Template for Art World Dance Ethnography: The Luna "Nouvelle Danser"
Event Dena Davida (Canada)
3. Interview Strategies for Concert Dance World Settings Jennifer Fisher
(Canada/USA)
4. The "Why Dance?" Projects: Choreographing the Text and Dancing the Data
Michèle Moss (Canada)
5. What is the Pointe?: The Pointe Shoe as Symbol in Dance Ethnography
Kristin Harris Walsh (Canada)
SECTION 2: Embodying Autoethnographies
6. Writing, Dancing, Embodied Knowing: Autoethnographic Research Karen
Barbour (New Zealand)
7. The Body as a Living Archive of Dance/Movement: Autobiographical
Reflections Janet Goodridge (England)
8. Self-Portrait of an Insider Researching Contemporary Dance and Culture
in Vitória, Brazil Eluza Maria Santos (Brazil/USA)
9. Reflections on Making the Dance Documentary Regular Events of Beauty:
Negotiating Culture in the Work of Choreographer Richard Tremblay Priya
Thomas (Canada)
10. Angelwindow: "I dance my body double" Inka Juslin (Finland)
SECTION 3: Examining Creative Processes and Pedagogies
11. The Montréal Danse Choreographic Research and Development Workshop:
Dancer-Researchers Examine Choreographer-Dancer Relational Dynamics during
the Creative Process Pamela Newell and Sylvie Fortin (Canada)
12. How the Posture of Researcher-Practitioner Serves an Understanding of
Choreographic Activity Joëlle Vellet (France)
13. A Teacher "Self-Research" Project: Sensing Differences in the Teaching
and Learning of Contemporary Dance Technique in New Zealand Warwick Long
(Canada/New Zealand), Ralph Buck (New Zealand), and Sylvie Fortin (Canada)
14. Dance Education and Emotions: Articulating Unspoken Values in the
Everyday Life of a Dance School Teija Löytönen (Finland)
15. Black Tights and Dance Belts: Constructing a Masculine Identity in a
World of Pink Tutus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland Candice Pike (Canada)
16. The Construction of the Body in Wilfride Piollet's Classical Dance
Classes Nadège Tardieu and Georgiana Gore (France)
SECTION 4: Revealing Choreographies as Cultural and Spiritual Practices
17. Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe: Trance as a Cultural Commodity Bridget E.
Cauthery (Canada)
18. Anthropophagic Bodies in Flea Market: A Study of Sheila Ribeiro's
Choreography Mônica Dantas (Brazil)
19. The Bridge From Past to Present in Lin Hwai-min's Nine Songs (1993):
Literary texts and dance images Yin-ying Huang (Taiwan)
20. Revealed By Fire: Lata Pada's Narrative of Transformation Susan
McNaughton (Canada)
21. Spectres of the Dark: The Dance-Making Manifesto of Latina/Chicana
Choreographies Juanita Suarez (USA)
22. Not of Themselves: Contemporary Practices in American Protestant dance
Emily Wright (USA)
Epilogue: Theory That Acts Like Dancing: The Autoethnographic Strut Lisa
Doolittle and Anne Flynn (Canada)
List of Contributors
Copyright Acknowledgements
Index