Dancing Cultures

Hélène Neveu Kringelbach is a Senior Lecturer in African Studies at UCL. She was a researcher at the African Studies Centre in Oxford. Her current research interests include dance and musical theatre in West Africa and beyond, contemporary choreography in Africa and transnational families across Senegal and Europe.

“This collection of essays is a welcome focus on dance anthropology. The book encompasses chapters on an impressive range of traditions and practices from developed as well as developing countries across the world, including small and large phenomena. It has a clear introduction to orientate readers in the anthropological study of dance… The essays are rich and varied case studies, interesting in themselves. However, they also collectively build layered and interlocking perspectives on larger patterns of change in the contemporary world, making the book highly topical… This collection has breadth yet also coherence. It is a dense but accessible resource on dance anthropology.” · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute“While globalization and tourism are included in the discussion of dance, the strength of the content is in understanding the composition of dance and the role dance plays in shaping cultures.” · Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change“The presentation quality of this volume is of a high standard. The photographs are clear and they work well to support to relevant arguments. It is a successful research-oriented volume with very good links between theories and practice in relation to ethnographic studies, tourism, and dance. This book is appropriate and worthwhile for undergraduate and postgraduate students for their in-depth research on social, cultural, and tourism studies. In particular, the excellent case studies in this volume provide insights in to how dance performance is relevant to other different disciplines. Its examples are also relevant for practitioners who work in the creative, culture, and tourism sectors.” · Annals of Tourism Research

• Introduction: The Movement of Dancing CulturesHélène Neveu Kringelbach and Jonathan SkinnerPart I: Dance and globalisationChapter 1. Globalization and the Dance Import/Export Business: The Jive StoryJonathan SkinnerChapter 2. Ballet culture and the market: a transnational perspectiveHelena WulffChapter 3.  “We’ve got this rhythm in our blood”:  dancing identities in Southern Italy Karen LüdtkePart II: Tourism, Social Transformation and the DanceChapter 4. Performance in tourism: transforming the gaze and tourist encounter at Híwus FeasthouseLinda Scarangella-McNenlyChapter 5. Movement on the move: performance and dance tourismFelicia Hughes-FreelandChapter 6. Dance, visibility and representational self-awareness in an Embera community in PanamaDimitrios TheodossopoulosPart III: Dance, identity and the nationChapter 7. Moving shadows of Casamance: dance and regionalism in SenegalHélène Neveu KringelbachChapter 8. Ballet Folklórico Mexicano: choreographing a national identity in a transnational contextOlga Nájera-RamírezChapter 9. Dance, youth and changing gender identities in KoreaSéverine CarrausseChapter 10. Preparation, presentation and power: children’s performances in a Balinese dance studioJonathan McIntoshEpilogue: Making cultureCaroline Potter                                                                      Notes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex