Geographies of Dance

Edited by Adam M. Pine and Olaf Kuhlke - Contributions by Frances Bronet; Georgia Connover; Tovi Fenster; Teresa Heiland; Tamara M. Johnson; Paromita Kar; Matthew Kurtz; Moriah McSharry; Jonathan Skinner and Katrinka Somdahl-Sands

This volume provides a theoretical and practical examination of the relationships between bodies, dance and space. Using ten case studies, it illustrates the symbolic power of dance that is crafted by choreographers and acted out by dancers. The book portrays a multitude of ways in which public and private spaces (stages, buildings, town squares as well as natural environments) are transformed and made meaningful by dance. Furthermore, it explores the meaning of dance as emotionally experienced by dancers, and examines how movement in certain spaces creates meaning without the use of words or symbols.

IntroductionOlaf Kuhlke and Adam PineChapter 1: Modernity, Post-modernity and the Paradigmatic Mudra: Corporeal Negotiations in the Works of Toronto'sContemporary Bharatanatyam ChoreographersParomita KarChapter 2: Neighboring in Strip City: Local Conflict and Spaces of Exotic Dance in Portland, OregonMoriah McSharry McGrathChapter 3: One Foot Inside the Circle: Contemporary Dance of Los Angeles Steps Outside Postmodernism and intoNeo-Modernism-with-a-TwistTeresa HeilandChapter 4: Some Dance to Remember: The Emotional Politicsof Marginality, Reinvention, Embodied Memory, andAll that (Cape) JazzTamara M. JohnsonChapter 5: Social Dance as Social SpaceJonathan SkinnerChapter 6: Mediating the Other through Dance: Geopolitics, Social Ordering, and Meaning-Making in American and Improvisational Tribal Style DanceGeorgia ConnoverChapter 7: Mimetic Moves: Dance and Learning to Learn inNorthwest AlaskaMatthew KurtzChapter 8: Dance, Architecture and Space in the MakingFrances BronetChapter 9: At Home in Motion: Networks, Nodes, and Navigation: The Varied Flight Paths of Bird Brain DanceKatrinka Somdahl-SandsChapter 10:Belly Dancing in Israel: Body, Embodiment, Religion and NationalityTovi FensteConclusionAdam Pine and Olaf Kuhlke