Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)

Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)

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“The book is at its strongest when it works from Byam's direct experiences as actor, playwright, and facilitator in various theater-for-development troupes in the late 1980's and early nineties. She also makes good use of interviews conducted with organizers of these theater groups, and she draws on otherwise unavailable unpublished documents collected from theater organizations and departments.”–African Studies Review

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For the first time, a book on vernacular dance provides detailed case studies about a range of forms: old-time square dancing in Virginia, Indiana, and Newfoundland; African-American step shows; clogging; Cherokee traditional dance; historical reconstructions of 18th-century dance; and modern contra. This book fills a need from graduate studies to high schools, which are mandated under the Educate America Act to teach dance in historical and cultural perspective. Those interested in folklore, anthropology, dance history, ethnology, aesthetics, American Studies, Appalachian Studies, and more, will benefit from this work as they learn how vernacular dance reflects and shapes communities.

Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance)

Communities in Motion: Dance, Community, and Tradition in America's Southeast and Beyond (Contributions to the Study of Music and Dance),Susan Eike Spalding,Jane Harris Woodside,Greenwood Press,0313294283,Appalachian Region,Dance,Dance - Folk,Dance - General,Folk Dancing,Performing Arts,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Social life and customs,Southern States,Performing Arts / Dance / General

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