The Oxford handbook of dance and competition /

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition examines the complex interactions between dance and competition, and addresses six areas of investigation: how dancers invest in competition to ensure economic survival and social standing; how dancing bodies and movement aesthetics are re-choreographed i...

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Other Authors: Dodds, Sherril, 1967- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Series:Oxford handbooks online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition examines the complex interactions between dance and competition, and addresses six areas of investigation: how dancers invest in competition to ensure economic survival and social standing; how dancing bodies and movement aesthetics are re-choreographed in response to a competition format; the strategies that dancers use to negotiate the dominant rhetoric of competition; the values and criteria that underpin frameworks of judgment and experiences of spectatorship in the competition realm; how failure, loss, and a resistance to structures of winning are engendered through danced attitudes toward competition; and the veiled ideas and strategic agendas that underpin dance competition.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190639112 (ebook) :
DOI:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190639082.001.0001