Overview
- Takes a uniquely case study-based approach to exploring the question of dance leadership and its direction
- Draws extensively on exclusive first-hand interviews and correspondence with the dance leaders examined within the book
- Offers an exciting alternative way of understanding contemporary global dance trends
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This “what is”—rather than “how to”— volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by portraits of leaders in action in India, South Africa, UK, US, Brazil and Canada. What is dance leadership? Who practices it, in what setting, and why? Through performance, choreography, teaching, writing, organizing and directing, the dance leaders portrayed herein instigate change and forward movement. Illustrating all that is unique about leading in dance, and by extension the other arts, readers can engage with such wide-ranging issues as: Does the practice of leading require followers? How does one individual’s dance movement act on others in a group? What does ‘social engagement’ mean for artists? Is the pursuit of art and culture a human right?
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
An independent artist/scholar, Jane M. Alexandre has been working in the New York dance world for more than 30 years as a performer, writer, teacher, choreographer, director, producer and administrator. She is an Artistic Director at Evolve Dance Inc., and a founding editor of The Dancer-Citizen, an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal exploring the work of socially engaged dance artists. She holds a PhD from Antioch University, USA, where her research was centered on dance leadership.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dance Leadership
Book Subtitle: Theory Into Practice
Authors: Jane M. Alexandre
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57592-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-57591-3Published: 02 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-57592-0Published: 14 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 212
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 29 illustrations in colour
Topics: Dance, Theatre Direction and Production, Performing Arts, Contemporary Theatre, Performers and Practitioners