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| Author | : Allison Abra |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2017-04-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1526105950 |
Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant popular style, as well as the opening of hundreds of affordable dancing schools and purpose-built dance halls. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the dance profession and dance hall industry and the consumers who formed the dancing public. Together these groups negotiated the creation of a 'national' dancing style, which constructed, circulated, and commodified ideas about national identity. At the same time, the book emphasizes the global, exploring the impact of international cultural products on national identity construction, the complexities of Americanisation, and Britain's place in a transnational system of production and consumption that forged the dances of the Jazz Age.
| Author | : Kate Van Winkle Keller |
| Publisher | : A Cappella Books (IL) |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : John Playford |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 1957 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Helen Thomas |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1997-07-21 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0230379214 |
This exciting new and original collection locates dance within the spectrum of urban life in late modernity, through a range of theoretical perspectives. It highlights a diversity of dance forms and styles that can be witnessed in and around contemporary urban spaces: from dance halls to raves and the club striptease; from set dancing to ballroom dancing, to hip hop and swing, and to ice dance shows; from the ballet class, to fitness aerobics; and 'art' dance which situates itself in a dynamic relation to the city.
| Author | : Jon Stratton |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2022-10-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 3031090128 |
This book explores dancing from the 1960s to the 1980s; though this period covers only twenty years, the changes during it were seismic. Nevertheless continuities can be found, and those are what this book examines. In dancing, it answers how we moved from the self-control that formed the basis for ballroom dancing, to ecstatic rave dancing. In terms of music, it answers how we moved from the beat groups to electronic dance music. In terms of youth, it answers how we moved from youth culture to club culture.
| Author | : Juliet McMains |
| Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2024-08-01 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0819501506 |
In the wake of the blockbuster television success of "Dancing with the Stars," competitive ballroom dance has become a subject of new fascination—and renewed scrutiny. Known by its practitioners as DanceSport, ballroom is a significant dance form and a fascinating cultural phenomenon. In this first in-depth study of the sport, dancer and dance historian Juliet McMains explores the "Glamour Machine" that drives the thriving industry, delving into both the pleasures and perils of its seductions. She further explores the broader social issues invoked in American DanceSport: representation of "Latin," economics that often foster inequality, and issues of identity, including gender, race, class, and sexuality. Putting ballroom dance in the larger contexts of culture and history, Glamour Addiction makes an important contribution to dance studies, while giving new and veteran enthusiasts a unique and unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes.
| Author | : James Nott |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 267 |
| Release | : 2022-03-22 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1526156245 |
By the 1920s, much of the world was ‘dance mad,’ as dancers from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from Manchester to Johannesburg and from Chelyabinsk to Auckland, engaged in the Charleston, the foxtrot and a whole host of other fashionable dances. Worlds of social dancing examines how these dance cultures spread around the globe at this time and how they were altered to suit local tastes. As it looks at dance as a ‘social world’, the book explores the social and personal relationships established in encounters on dance floors on all continents. It also acknowledges the impact of radio and (sound) film as well as the contribution of dance teachers, musicians and other entertainment professionals to the making of the new dance culture.
| Author | : Margot Gunzenhauser |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2024-10-16 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1476608334 |
This comprehensive guide to traditional style square and contra dancing, sometimes referred to as "country dancing," covers both music and style and gives background information on various dance types and calling techniques. Ninety dances, presented in chapters according to type (mixers, progressive circles, contra, Southern mountain style, squares and others), in a wide variety of formations are described with drawings and diagrams for many of the movements. A glossary of terms, a directory of addresses (organizations; vendors of books, recordings and audio equipment; and dance camps), and an annotated discography and bibliography are also provided.
| Author | : Hugh Stewart |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 38 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Country dancing |
| ISBN | : 9780951919316 |
| Author | : Nigel Rapport |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2020-05-25 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 100018059X |
The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legitimate undertaking? British Subjects presents a forthright voice in this debate. Key anthropological concerns such as community, rationality, aesthetics, the body, power, work and leisure, nationalism and transnationalism are found reflected in the lives of a wide range of British 'subjects'--from farmers to dancers, children to retired miners, new-agers to entrepreneurs. In disputing traditional claims that anthropology 'at home' and 'of one's own' is misconceived, unnecessary or unperceptive, this book clearly establishes that an anthropology of Britain can set excellent standards of subtle ethnography and complex analysis. Providing a nuanced appreciation of the intricacies of British society, this book shows how the anthropological study of Britain can offer an enlightening paradigm for the study of individual lives.
