| Moving Together: Dance and Pluralism in Canada Contributor(s): Lindgren, Allana C. (Editor), Stolar, Batia Boe (Editor), Sacchetti, Clara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1771124830 ISBN-13: 9781771124836 Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press OUR PRICE: $84.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Dance - Regional & Ethnic - Performing Arts | Dance - History & Criticism - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" (1.65 lbs) 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moving Together: Pluralism and Dance in Canada explores how dance intersects with the shifting concerns of pluralism in a variety of racial and ethnic communities across Canada. Focusing on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, contributors examine a broad range of dance styles used to promote diversity and intercultural collaborations. Examples include Fijian dance in Vancouver; Japanese dance in Lethbridge; Danish, Chinese, Kathak, and Flamenco dance in Toronto; African and European contemporary dance styles in Montréal; and Ukrainian dance in Cape Breton. Interviews with Indigenous and Middle Eastern dance artists along with an artist statement by a Bharata Natyam and contemporary dance choreographer provide valuable artist perspectives. Contributors offer strategies to decolonize dance education and also challenge longstanding critiques of multiculturalism. Moving Together demonstrates that dance is at the cutting edge of rethinking the contours of race and ethnicity in Canada and is necessary reading for scholars, students, dance artists and audiences, and everyone interested in thinking about the future of racial and ethnic pluralism in Canada. |