{"product_id":"fields-in-motion-ethnography-in-the-worlds-of-dance-9781554583416","title":"Fields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance\u003c\/i\u003e examines the deeper meanings and resonances of artistic dance in contemporary culture. The book comprises four sections: methods and methodologies, autoethnography, pedagogies and creative processes, and choreographies as cultural and spiritual representations. The contributors bring an insiders insight to their accounts of the nature and function of these artistic practices, giving voice to dancers, dance teachers, creators, programmers, spectators, students, and scholars. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e International and intergenerational, this collection of groundbreaking scholarly research points to a new direction for both dance studies and dance anthropology. Traditionally the exclusive domain of aesthetic philosophers, the art of dance is here reframed as cultural practice, and its significance is revealed through a chorus of voices from practitioners and insider ethnographers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fields in Motion brings together twenty-four scholars interested in approaching dance from an ethnographic perspective. It is therefore a useful 'follow up' to Theresa Buckland's edited collection 'Dance in the Field: Theory, Methods, and Issues in Dance Ethnography' (1999). What makes the book special is that the contributors all focus largely on theatre dance, rather than on other genres more embedded within circumscribed communities, generally the domain of anthropologists specializing in dance. Although Joann Kealiinohomoku showed us the way in the late 1960s and 1970s by demonstrating that all dances are culturally rooted, art dance still remains, for many, beyond ethnographic enquiry since it is often perceived as 'outside culture.' The collection provides rich and diverse approaches to ethnography (polyphonic, multi-sited, auto-, experiential, intimate and so on), to field\/dance sites (from small towns in Canada and the USA, to Paris, Helsinki and Toronto; from Taiwan, to Brazil, to New Zealand), and to the subjects of research (from amateurs to professionals; from largely female to male only). The authors take us on exciting journeys and the reader enters the worlds of dancers, spectators and researchers in a variety of social and cultural contexts, sometimes with great intimacy, at other times with more detachment, but always with heightened sensitivity. Reading 'Fields in Motion' allows for discovery of the many ways in which dancing bodies may be socially and culturally mediated so that our understanding of theatre dance gains greater nuances.\" -- Andrée Grau, Roehampton University\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors in 'Fields in Motion' emerge from this unique anthology as engaging dance scholars from various parts of the world. Their words are framed by research on art dance 'at home.' They share with us, their readers, as they reflect on the views and behaviors of their dancer subjects, whom they researched through an ethnographic lens. Our own horizons expand as we meet these authors, and as we begin to perceive the spreading global dedication to ethnographic research for art dance 'at home.'\" -- Joann W. Kealiinohomoku, Northern Arizona University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents for \u003ci\u003eFields in Motion: Ethnography in the Worlds of Dance\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Dena Davida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003eForeword  Naomi Jackson (Canada\/USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Anthropology at Home in the Art Worlds of Dance  Dena Davida (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 1: Inventing Strategies, Models, and Methods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e1. Shifting Positions: From the Dancers' Posture to the Researchers' Posture  Anne Cazemajou (France)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e2. A Template for Art World Dance Ethnography: The \u003ci\u003eLuna\u003c\/i\u003e \"\"Nouvelle Danser\"\" Event  Dena Davida (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e3. Interview Strategies for Concert Dance World Settings  Jennifer Fisher (Canada\/USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e4. The \"\"Why Dance?\"\" Projects: Choreographing the Text and Dancing the Data  Michèle Moss (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e5. What is the Pointe?: The Pointe Shoe as Symbol in Dance Ethnography  Kristin Harris Walsh (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 2: Embodying Autoethnographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e6. Writing, Dancing, Embodied Knowing: Autoethnographic Research  Karen Barbour (New Zealand)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e7. The Body as a Living Archive of Dance\/Movement: Autobiographical Reflections  Janet Goodridge (England)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e8. Self-Portrait of an Insider Researching Contemporary Dance and Culture in Vitória, Brazil  Eluza Maria Santos (Brazil\/USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e9. Reflections on Making the Dance Documentary \u003ci\u003eRegular Events of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e: Negotiating Culture in the Work of Choreographer Richard Tremblay  Priya Thomas (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e10. \u003ci\u003eAngelwindow\u003c\/i\u003e: \"\"I dance my body double\"\"  Inka Juslin (Finland)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 3: Examining Creative Processes and Pedagogies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e11. The Montréal Danse Choreographic Research and Development Workshop: Dancer-Researchers Examine Choreographer-Dancer Relational Dynamics during the Creative Process  Pamela Newell and Sylvie Fortin (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e12. How the Posture of Researcher-Practitioner Serves an Understanding of Choreographic Activity  Joëlle Vellet (France)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e13. A Teacher \"\"Self-Research\"\" Project: Sensing Differences in the Teaching and Learning of Contemporary Dance Technique in New Zealand  Warwick Long (Canada\/New Zealand), Ralph Buck (New Zealand), and Sylvie Fortin (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e14. Dance Education and Emotions: Articulating Unspoken Values in the Everyday Life of a Dance School  Teija Löytönen (Finland)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e15. Black Tights and Dance Belts: Constructing a Masculine Identity in a World of Pink Tutus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland  Candice Pike (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e16. The Construction of the Body in Wilfride Piollet's Classical Dance Classes  Nadège Tardieu and Georgiana Gore (France)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION 4: Revealing Choreographies as Cultural and Spiritual Practices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e17. Vincent Sekwati Mantsoe: Trance as a Cultural Commodity  Bridget E. Cauthery (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e18. Anthropophagic Bodies in \u003ci\u003eFlea Market\u003c\/i\u003e: A Study of Sheila Ribeiro's Choreography  Mônica Dantas (Brazil)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e19. The Bridge From Past to Present in Lin Hwai-min's \u003ci\u003eNine Songs\u003c\/i\u003e (1993): Literary texts and dance images  Yin-ying Huang (Taiwan)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e20. \u003ci\u003eRevealed By Fire\u003c\/i\u003e: Lata Pada's Narrative of Transformation  Susan McNaughton (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e21. Spectres of the Dark: The Dance-Making Manifesto of Latina\/Chicana Choreographies  Juanita Suarez (USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e22. Not of Themselves: Contemporary Practices in American Protestant dance  Emily Wright (USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Theory That Acts Like Dancing: The Autoethnographic Strut  Lisa Doolittle and Anne Flynn (Canada)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCopyright Acknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53188666098007,"sku":"9781554583416","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fields-in-motion-ethnography-in-the-worlds-of-dance-9781554583416","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}