Overview
- Addresses rural dance practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Contributes to the limited existing literature which focuses on rural dance studio classes
- Attends to issues of cultural diversity, inclusion and difference in the particular context of Aotearoa/New Zealand
- Provides a unique focus of various dance teachers' perceptions and experiences through a narrative approach
- Attends to much debated issues of eurocentrism and cultural difference in the particular context of rural dance education
Part of the book series: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion (CSDLI)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book provides a critical reflection on the ways dance studio teachers recognize, reflect and respond to cultural difference within their dance studio classes, particularly in the rural context in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Through dance teachers’ narratives, it reveals the complexities of multiculturalism within dance studio classes and examines related issues of inclusion and exclusion within dance education.
Understanding the dance practices provided by teachers like those in rural communities within Aotearoa/New Zealand is an increasingly urgent concern in an era of growing political, social and cultural tensions, for students and scholars of performing arts, leadership and community development. While previous research and publications have investigated cultural difference and global multicultural arts practices, this book presents a critical lens on performing arts practice and socio-cultural challenges experienced by local dance teachers within rural communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Kristie Mortimer holds a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, and was awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance 2020 at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has worked extensively in dance education and community dance, engaging with diverse groups of people both in New Zealand and abroad. Her research utilizes ethnographic methods to explore dance education, pedagogies and practices in diverse socio-cultural contexts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa
Book Subtitle: Finding Common Ground in Rural Dance Studio Education
Authors: Kristie Mortimer
Series Title: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1171-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
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 Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-1170-4Published: 25 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-1171-1Published: 24 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2661-8451
Series E-ISSN: 2661-846X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 136
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Dance, Creativity and Arts Education, Cultural Studies