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The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance
Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots
to contemporary stage dance.

The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizations
to a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood.

It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics not Russian ballet to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance.

Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight in

Womens Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/18/2024
      ISBN13: 9781350249479, 978-1350249479
      ISBN10: 1350249475
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance
      Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots
      to contemporary stage dance.

      The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizations
      to a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood.

      It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics not Russian ballet to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance.

      Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight in

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