Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City (Studies in International Performance)

Hamera, J.

ISBN 10: 1349279439 / ISBN 13: 9781349279432

Published by MacMillan, 2011

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Print on Demand pp. 256.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dancing Communities: Performance, Difference and Connection in the Global City (Studies in International Performance)
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349279439
• ISBN 13: 9781349279432
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Dancers create 'civic culture' as performances for public consumption, but also as vernaculars connecting individuals who may have little in common. Examining performance and the construction of culturally diverse communities the book suggests that amateur and concert dance can teach us how to live and work productively together.

About the Author

JUDITH HAMERA is Professor and Head of the Department of Performance Studies at Texas A&M University, USA. She is the editor of Open Acts: Performance in/as Communication and Cultural Studies and co-editor of The Handbook of Performance Studies. She is the recipient of the National Communication Association's Lilla Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies, and received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University, USA.