Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa

Kristie Mortimer holds a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, and was awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance 2020 at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has worked extensively in dance education and community dance, engaging with diverse groups of people both in New Zealand and abroad. Her research utilizes ethnographic methods to explore dance education, pedagogies and practices in diverse socio-cultural contexts.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Cultural inclusion and multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 3. Dance education in dance studio contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 4. Cultural inclusion within dance studio classes.- Chapter 5: Valuing inclusion and socialisation in rural dance studios.- Chapter 6. Relevance of cultural difference for dance studio teachers in rural contexts.- Chapter 7. Dance studio teachers’ maintenance of ethnocentric bias in dance studio classes.- Chapter 8: Allowing space for ethnorelative practices to emerge in dance studio practices.- Chapter 9: Recommendations and implications for dance studio education