Uses the prism of the Congolese danseuse to examine the politics of control and the ways in which notions of visibility, virtue, and socio-economic opportunity are interlinked in the urban African context.

By examining how female characters speak and act during coming of age, engagement, marriage this book will enhance understanding about how and why women spoke, remained silent, or acted as they did in relation to their intimate partners in Early Modern and contemporary private and public situations in and around the Mediterranean.

This book expands understanding of conditions defining the creation and circulation of contemporary dance that differ across Europe.

This second edition of the classic text directs dance teachers through what they need to know to teach creative dance from pre-K through adult levels in a variety of settings. It includes a sequential curriculum, lesson plans, editable forms, and teacher strategies created by master teacher Anne Green Gilbert.

This book provides a detailed study of Uday Shankar's works in his autumn years (1960-1977), which remain largely un-documented.

Sets in motion an inquiry into the relationship between dance, politics, and cultural theory. Drawing on author's own experiences as a dancer as well as his observations as a cultural critic and social theorist, this title illustrates how the study and practice of dance can reanimate arrested prospects for progressive politics and social change.

This book explores how independent film and music artists and labels use crowdfunding and where this use places crowdfunding in the contemporary system of cultural production. It complements an analysis of independence in film and music with the topic of crowdfunding as a firmly established form of financing cultural activity.

Curating Dramaturgies investigates the transformation of art and performance and its impact on dramaturgy and curatorship.

Focuses on ethical issues confronting Western theatrical dance, from treatment of dancers to choreography, dance criticism, presenting and paradigm shifts in the dance field. It aims to equip dance artists with alternative frameworks and ethical decision-making skills for different stages of their careers and with dignity and respect.