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Dance Cultures Around the World Ebook With HKPropel Access

Dance Cultures Around the World Ebook With HKPropel Access

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    Written by a diverse group of authors from across the globe, Dance Cultures Around the World offers students a rich and in-depth look at 25 different cultures of dance. Through a dynamic collaboration with the chapter authors, editors Lynn E. Frederiksen and Shih-Ming Li Chang have carefully created a unique multimedia resource that includes vetted links to dance videos, images, and other materials. The text, suitable for high school and undergraduate general education and dance courses, addresses cross-cultural dynamics, colonialism, diaspora, politics, and more as critical factors in learning about cultures of dance around the world.

    As stated in the preface, “Every culture has some form of dance. However, why people dance—and further, how they define and create dance—are the difficult questions at the core of this text. Once you understand why dance exists and examine the factors that explain particular dance forms, you can engage more fully with many cultures of dance, including your own.”

    Written by cultural insiders, the chapters illuminate contexts and histories of dances often misinterpreted through the notion of dance as a universal language. “Just as you would not expect to understand a foreign language simply because it is human speech, you cannot expect to understand foreign dance without some ‘translation.’ The multiple layers of meaning and history in foreign dances are often left unrevealed, and therefore the opportunity for true cross-cultural understanding is missed.” To ensure rich cross-cultural engagement, the insiders “translate” their dance cultures, showing how influential forces affect both the qualities of the dance and its place in society.

    Dance Cultures Around the World offers a wealth of information:
    • It explores dance cultures in nine geopolitical regions.
    • It reveals patterns that operate in each region, adjusting for historical, political, and geographical differences.
    • It enriches the reader’s experience of their own culture, as well as those of others, as they learn what dance is in various cultures, who dances, and why they dance.
    Each chapter begins with a vignette describing a signature dance or dance-related feature of the culture, followed by an introduction to its history and geography. Significant events, people, and qualities of the dance culture are highlighted throughout the chapters.

    Instructors and students have access to online resources through HKPropel. Instructor resources include a sample syllabus, chapter summaries, and suggested answers for chapter discussion questions; a presentation package with PowerPoint slides; a test package with over 700 multiple-choice, true-false, and fill-in-the-blank questions; and ready-made chapter quizzes. Student resources include links to videos, articles, and websites for further learning; key terms and definitions; references and resources; an application activity for each chapter; and chapter quizzes.

    Dance Cultures Around the World gives readers an overview of dance cultures and provides an insider’s perspective on how dance develops and evolves around the world. Together with the online resources in HKPropel, the book gives students and instructors a well-crafted gateway to dance cultures across the globe.

    Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with this ebook.

    Audience

    Text for general education and dance courses at undergraduate and high school levels.
    Part I. North America

    Chapter 1. Native American and First Nations Dance
    Robin Prichard
    Studying Native American Cultures
    History of Intertribal Powwows
    Powwow Elements
    Powwow Dances
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 2. Social Dance in the United States
    Nora Ambrosio
    Brief History
    Social Dance
    Social Dance as Expression
    Social Dance for Socialization
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 3. Danza Folklórico and Mexican American Culture
    Colleen Porter Hearn
    Ever-Evolving Dances of Ancient Culture
    Spanish Conquest and Colonialism
    Mexican Nation
    French Occupation of Mexico
    The Mexican Revolution
    Crosscurrents
    Folklórico as Integrative Learning
    Summary

    Part II. Central and South America

    Chapter 4. Dance in Guatemala
    Beatriz Herrera Corado
    Creating Identity
    Dance as a Calendrical Event
    Continuity of Mayan Practices
    Colonial Period
    The Garífuna
    Influences From Western Theatrical Dance
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 5. Dance in Brazil
    Amélia Conrado
    Geography and History
    Dance and Ritual in Pre-Brazil
    European Dances in Brazil
    Founding of Modern Dance in Brazil
    Regional Dances and Popular Cultural Events
    African Dance in Brazil
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Part III. Caribbean

    Chapter 6. Bèlè Drum-Dance Culture in Martinique
    Camee Maddox-Wingfield
    Defining Bèlè as a Regional Folk Tradition
    Question of Origins
    Bèlè Performance Contexts in Contemporary Martinique
    Bèlè’s Pre-Revival Eclipse in Martinique
    Bèlè’s Revitalization, Cultural Activism, and Pedagogy
    Annual Holidays and Observances
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 7. Dance in Trinidad and Tobago
    Elizabeth Fernández O’Brien
    History and Carnival as a Trini Identifier
    Neo-African Dance in Trinidad and Tobago
    From Ritual to Performance
    Indo-Trinidadian Dance Traditions and Development
    Other Cultural Infusions
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Part IV. Africa

    Chapter 8. Dance in Ghana
    Jennies Deide Darko
    Brief History
    Crosscurrents
    A Multiplicity of Customs
    Traditional Dances From Ghana
    Social Dance
    Ceremonial Dance
    Summary

    Chapter 9. Dance in Uganda
    Ronald Kibirige
    Brief History
    Dancing and Dance-Musicking
    A Communitarian Approach to Coexistence
    Activation of Individual and Community Human Social Capital
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 10. Dance Cultures of Zimbabwe
    Solomon Gwerevende
    Brief History and Geography
    Indigenous Zimbabwean Dances
    Characteristic Features of Indigenous Dances
    Crosscurrents
    Implications of Modernity and Globalization
    Summary

    Part V. Europe and Russia

    Chapter 11. Dance in Irish Culture
    Sharon Anne Phelan
    Brief History
    Irish Dance Culture From the 13th Century CE
    Dance During the Colonial Era
    Dance at the Turn of the 20th Century
    Dance During the Postcolonial Era
    Theatricalization of Irish Dance in Ireland
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 12. Dance in Spain
    Bridgit Luján
    Flamenco
    Spanish Dance and Flamenco
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 13. Dance in Croatia
    Tvrtko Zebec, Ivana Katarinčić, and Iva Niemčić
    Social Context
    Central and Southeastern European Influences
    Regional Styles of Dance and Music
    Legacies of Cross-Cultural Trade and Travel
    Institutionalized Dance Education
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 14. Dance in Greek Culture
    Christos Papakostas and Nick Poulakis
    Brief History and Geography
    Ancient Dance (800-146 BCE)
    Theatrical Dances of the Classical Period
    Greek Dance in the Middle Ages (146 BCE-1453 CE)
    Early Modern Dance (1453-1821)
    Traditional Dance in Modern Greece (1821-Present)
    Popular Dance
    Contemporary Art Dance
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 15. Dance in Bulgarian Culture
    Iliana Petrova Salazar
    Bulgarian Dance Culture
    The Horo
    Folk Dance Education and Bulgarian Music
    Crosscurrents
    A New Choreographic Culture
    Summary

    Chapter 16. Traditional Dance in Russia
    Anthony Shay
    Brief History
    Ethno Identity Dance and Socialist Realism
    Russian Folk Dances in the Field
    Three Russian Folk Dances
    Russian Ethno Identity Dance
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Part VI. Middle East

    Chapter 17. Dance Cultures of Turkey
    Zeynep Gonca Girgin
    Brief History
    Traditional Folk Dance
    Classical Dance
    Religious Movement Systems
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 18. Dance in Iran
    Nathalie M. Choubineh
    Myths and Assumptions of Persian Dance
    Historical Highlights
    Modernization of Iran
    Islamic Revolution of 1979
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Part VII. South and Southeast Asia

    Chapter 19. Indian Dance
    Justine Lemos
    Brief History
    Classical Dance
    Tradition and Reconstruction
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 20. Dance in Indonesia
    Abdul Haque Chang
    Crosscurrents
    Diversity of Indonesian Dance
    Ancestor Worship, Trance, and Religion
    Jathilan Trance Dance
    Revival of Traditional Dance Arts
    Summary

    Chapter 21. Dance in the Philippines
    Desiree A. Quintero and Wayland Quintero
    Place-Based Dance Practices
    Music and Dance
    Acapulco-Manila Galleons and the Melding of Forms
    Dance as Part of Festivity
    The “Mother” of Philippine Folk Dance
    Indigenous Peoples
    Kapwa
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Part VIII. East Asia

    Chapter 22. Dance in Chinese Culture
    Shih-Ming Li Chang and Lynn E. Frederiksen
    Dance in Chinese Culture Over 5,000 Years of History
    Classical Dance
    Chinese Folk Dance
    Martial Arts, Competition, and Military Dance
    20th-Century Political Turmoil
    Chinese Civil War
    Yangbanxi
    Zhongguogudianwu
    Paths to Contemporary Dance
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 23. Dance in Japanese Culture
    Inoue Atsuki
    Matsuri
    A Confluence of Cultures
    Japanese Aesthetics
    Kagura
    Noh and Kabuki Theater
    Folk Dance of Indigenous People in Hokkaido and Okinawa
    Crosscurrents
    Popular Dance in Contemporary Japan
    Summary

    Part IX. Oceania

    Chapter 24. Dance of Aboriginal Australia
    Stephen A. Wild
    Aboriginal Culture
    Rom in Northern Australia
    Other Contexts of Dance in Arnhem Land
    Central Australia
    Other Traditions of Aboriginal Dance
    Crosscurrents
    Summary

    Chapter 25. Dance in Tahitian Culture
    Jane Freeman Moulin
    Brief History
    The Colonial Institution
    Creativity and Innovation
    Crosscurrents
    Summary
    Lynn E. Frederiksen is a hard-of-hearing modern dancer, choreographer, educator, and author from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She holds a BA in biology and an MA in environmental affairs from Clark University, and she has an MFA in dance from Smith College. Frederiksen was on the drama and dance faculty at Tufts University and is currently an adjunct professor of theater arts at Clark University, where she teaches African Inspirations: A Dance Collaboration, a course based on the dances Fanga and Buschasche, which she learned from Dr. Pearl Primus. Over the years, Frederiksen has presented her research on rhythms of bipedalism in the dance of language at various conferences, touting our facility for learning as a legacy of the human body in motion. Having danced a variety of forms beyond modern dance—including Caribbean, odissi, and Korean drum-dance—Frederiksen currently performs in Massachusetts with Lynn & Paul Dance, The 4:30 Collective, and Jen Lin Dance. Her choreography has been presented in New England and the Virgin Islands. In addition to her collaborations with Shih-Ming Li Chang, Frederiksen has also published poetry and prose in The Caribbean Writer. She received the 2016 Marvin E. Williams Literary Prize for her poem “The Courage of Egrets” and the 2020 Worcester County Poetry Association award for “Flowers.”

    Shih-Ming Li Chang is a choreographer, performer, educator, author, and emeritus associate professor of dance at Wittenberg University. She earned her BA in dance at the University of Chinese Culture in Taiwan and her MFA in dance at Smith College. At Wittenberg Ms. Chang taught ballet, modern, jazz, Chinese classical and folk dance, and dance composition and dance ethnology, and she directed Wittenberg's annual dance concert. While serving as chair of the theater and dance department, Chang hosted the 2019 ACDA East-Central conference at Wittenberg, and throughout her career she developed cultural festivals both on and off campus. Over the years Chang has given lectures and demonstrations on Chinese dance and culture in numerous universities, festivals, and conferences in Taiwan, Poland, and the United States. As a performer, Chang danced with Van Pelt Dance and also presented her own solo works in many venues. Chang served on the boards of directors of OhioDance, the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, and American College Dance Festival Association. She also was executive director for Weaving Pine—a nonprofit organization promoting Chinese Culture and performing arts in Ohio.

    Chang and Frederiksen coauthored the book Chinese Dance: In the Vast Land and Beyond (Wesleyan University Press, 2016) as well as an article on Chinese dance in Encyclopedia of Modern China (2009) and “Dance Is the Prism: A Collaborative Journey Through Chinese Dance” in Taking a Bite of the Big Apple: Exploring Resources to Promote Best Practices (NDEO 2009 Conference Proceedings).

    All ancillaries are free to adopting instructors through HKPropel.

    Instructor guide. Includes a sample syllabus and chapter-specific files that contain chapter summaries and suggested answers for the discussion questions.

    Test package. Contains over 700 questions in multiple-choice, true-false, and fill-in-the-blank formats. The files may be downloaded for integration with a learning management system or printed for use as paper-based tests. Instructors may also create their own customized quizzes or tests from the test bank questions to assign to students directly through HKPropel. Multiple-choice, true-or-false, multiple-response, and matching questions are automatically graded, and instructors can easily review student scores in the platform.

    Chapter quizzes. Ready-made chapter quizzes allow instructors to assess student comprehension of the most important concepts in each chapter. Each quiz contains 10 questions, drawn from the larger test bank. Each quiz may be downloaded or assigned to students within HKPropel. The chapter quizzes are automatically graded, with scores available for review in the platform.

    Presentation package. Contains PowerPoint slides of the key points of each chapter. Instructors can use these slides just as they are or edit them to create unique presentations.

    Instructors also receive access to all student materials in HKPropel. For Dance Cultures Around the World, this includes key terms and definitions, application activities, and links to videos, articles, and websites.

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