Nicholas Rowe is Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand. His previous books include Raising Dust: a Cultural History of Dance in Palestine (I.B.Tauris, 2010) and Art During Siege: Performing Arts Workshops in Traumatised Communities . Ralph Buck is Associate Professor and Head of Dance Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently Chair of the World Dance Alliance Education and Training Network. Rose Martin is Lecturer in Dance Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include women's experience of dance around the Southern Mediterranean.