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  • Folk Dance and the Creation of National Identities
    Anthony Shay
    This book is about the folk: the folk in folk dance, the folk in folklore, the folk in folk wisdom. When we see folk dance on the stage or in a tourist setting, which is the way in which many of us experience folk dance, the question arises are these the 'real folk' performing their authentic dances? Or are they urban, well trained, carefully-rehearsed professional dancers who ...
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    47,78 €

  • Dance and Authoritarianism
    Anthony Shay
    How dance and mass movement are used as a political tool by political regimes, especially authoritarian governments, as a way of showing symbolic mass support for the regime. Such regimes require spectacle to present them as protectors of the ethnic and national identities of their subjects, represented by the costumed folk dancers. 18 b/w illus. ...
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    41,69 €

  • The Igor Moiseyev Dance Company
    Anthony Shay
    In this book Anthony Shay examines the life and works of renowned choreographer Igor Moiseyev and his dance company. ...
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    43,96 €

  • Ethno Identity Dance for Sex, Fun and Profit
    Anthony Shay
    People all over the world dance traditional and popular dances that havebeen staged for purposes of representing specific national and ethnic groups.Anthony Shay suggests these staged dance productions be called 'ethno identitydances', especially to replace the term 'folk dance,' which Shay suggestsshould refer to the traditional dances found in village settings as an organicpa...
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    158,52 €

  • Dancing Across Borders
    Anthony Shay
    This study describes and analyzes the phenomenal popularity of exotic dance forms in America. Throughout the twentieth century and especially since 1950, millions have begun learning and performing various Balkan dances, the tango, and other Latin American dances, along with the classical dances of India, Japan, and Indonesia. Most studies in dance ethnography and anthropo...
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    42,84 €

  • Balkan Dance
    Anthony Shay
    This collection of essays examines popular forms of dance in the Balkan nations, including detailed studies on the history and development of dance in Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, and Greece, among other nations. The essays address the ways in which ethnic and national identity constitutes an important aspect of the performance of Balkan dance, whether by state folk ...
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    57,19 €

  • Choreographing Identities
    Anthony Shay
    Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual representations of cultural identity. Naturally, however, these dances have not existed in a vacuum. They have changed--in par...
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    57,31 €