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- Examines state-supported dance companies and the way in which they represent the nation-state
- Looks at an array of choreographers and artistic directors across a wide spectrum of dance genres
- Explores how large, state-supported dance ensembles are changing in order to appeal to younger audiences
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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.
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Book Title: Folk Dance and the Creation of National Identities
Book Subtitle: Staging the Folk
Authors: Anthony Shay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23336-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23335-7Published: 29 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-23338-8Published: 30 March 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-23336-4Published: 28 March 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVII, 302
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations
Topics: Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage