Choreographic Politics State Folk Dance Companies, Representation and Power

Name: Choreographic Politics State Folk Dance Companies, Representation and Power
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ISBN: 9780819565211

ISBN-10: 0819565210

ISBN-13: 9780819565211

Edition: 2002

Authors: Anthony Shay

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This study of the politics of representation and authentication among state-sponsored or state-assisted 'folk ensembles' shows that dance is a culturally significant social phenomena. Anthony Shay is also the author of Choreophobia.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University Press of New England
Publication date: 7/22/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Ethnicity and Nationalism


Parallel Traditions: State Folk Dance Ensembles and Folk Dance in the Field


Anatomy of a Dance Company


The Moiseyev Dance Company: Ancestor of the Genre


Bballet Folklorico: Viva Mexico!


LADO, Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Croatia: Proper Peasants


Egypt: Bazaar of Dance


Greece: Dora Stratou Greek Dances Theatre, A Living Museum


Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble: The Last of the Great Ensembles


Conclusion: The Power of Representation


Notes


Bibliography


Index