{"id":9963,"date":"2019-04-28T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=9963"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:56:53","slug":"9963-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/9963-5","title":{"rendered":"International Dance Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"dance-430554_1920\"<\/a>International Dance Day was introduced in 1982 by the International Dance Council<\/a> (CID, Conseil International de la Danse), a UNESCO partner NGO, and is celebrated yearly, on April 29. The main purpose is to celebrate dance, revel in the universality of this art form, cross all political, cultural and ethnic barriers, and bring people together with a common language – dance. For more information and list of events please visit the official webpage https:\/\/www.international-dance-day.org\/index.html<\/a>.<\/h6>\n
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To celebrate\u00a0the occasion we would like to highlight our Dance and Performance Studies <\/em>Series<\/a>,\u00a0which explores dance, music and bodily movement in cultural contexts at the juncture of history, ritual and performance in an interconnected world. We are pleased to offer a 25% discount<\/strong> on our Performance Studies titles<\/a>, valid for the next two weeks, through\u00a0 May 13th, 2019 . Enter code IDD19 <\/strong>at checkout. Berghahn Journals is also offering full access to select journal articles until May 5th, 2019.<\/h6>\n
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Dance and Performance Studies<\/em> Series<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n

General Editors:
\nJonathan Skinner, University of Roehampton
\nHelena Wulff, Stockholm University<\/p>\n

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\"24Volume 14 Forthcoming in June<\/em><\/p>\n

24 BARS TO KILL<\/a>
\nHip Hop, Aspiration, and Japan’s Social Margins
\nAndrew B. Armstrong<\/p>\n

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Contrary to persistent depictions of an ethnically and economically homogeneous Japan, \u201cghetto\u201d or \u201cgangsta\u201d J-hop music gives voice to the suffering, deprivation, and social exclusion experienced by many modern Japanese. 24 Bars to Kill<\/em> gives a fascinating ethnographic account of this music as well as the subculture around it.<\/p>\n

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\"LullabiesVolume 13<\/p>\n

LULLABIES AND BATTLE CRIES<\/a>
\nMusic, Identity and Emotion among Republican Parading Bands in Northern Ireland
\nJaime Rollins<\/p>\n

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Lullabies and Battle Cries<\/em> explores the relationship between music, emotion, memory, and identity in republican parading bands, with a focus on how this music continues to be utilized in a post-conflict climate.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/strong>\u00a0Entering the Field<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"SingingVolume 12<\/p>\n

SINGING IDEAS<\/a>
\nPerformance, Politics and Oral Poetry
\nTr\u00edona N\u00ed Sh\u00edoch\u00e1in<\/p>\n

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This provocative and richly theorized study explores the re-creative, liminal aspect of song, treating it as a performative social process that cuts to the very root of identity and thought formation, thus re-imagining the history of ideas in society.<\/p>\n

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\"StagingVolume 11<\/p>\n

STAGING CITIZENSHIP<\/a>
\nRoma, Performance and Belonging in EU Romania
\nIoana Szeman<\/p>\n

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Based on over a decade of fieldwork conducted with urban Roma, Staging Citizenship<\/em> offers a powerful new perspective on one of the European Union\u2019s most marginal and disenfranchised communities.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Volume 10
\nCOLLABORATIVE INTIMACIES IN MUSIC AND DANCE<\/a>
\nAnthropologies of Sound and Movement
\nEdited by Evangelos Chrysagis and Panas Karampampas<\/p>\n

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This theoretically rich collection takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the collective dimension of sound and movement in everyday life, drawing on genres and practices in contexts as diverse as Japanese shakuhachi playing, Peruvian huayno, and the Greek goth scene.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Volume 9
\nLANGUID BODIES, GROUNDED STANCES<\/a>
\nThe Curving Pathway of Neoclassical Odissi Dance
\nNandini Sikand<\/p>\n

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Odissi dance has transformed over the centuries from an Indian temple ritual to a transnational genre performed\u2014and consumed\u2014throughout the world. Building on ethnographic research in multiple locations, this book reveals the complexity of odissi as it is practiced today, at the intersection of identity, nationalism, tradition, and neoliberal economics.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Volume 8
\nCHOREOGRAPHIES OF LANDSCAPE<\/a>
\nSigns of Performance in Yosemite National Park
\nSally Ann Ness<\/p>\n

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This original and cross-disciplinary book offers an ethnographic and performative study of Yosemite visitors in order to understand human connection with and within natural landscapes.<\/p>\n

Read\u00a0Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"Volume 7
\nIN SEARCH OF LEGITIMACY<\/a>
\nHow Outsiders Become Part of the Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Tradition
\nLauren Miller Griffith<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2026an important study of the confluence of travel and pilgrimage, race\/class\/gender issues, embodiment and physical (and emotional) expertise, and the defense of tradition and of \u2018lineage\u2019-specific knowledge and identity in the context of globalization and an openness to (tradition-defined) innovation.\u201d<\/em> \u00b7 Anthropology Review Database<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For a full selection of volumes in the series please visit series webpage<\/a>.<\/h5>\n
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\"CuratingCURATING LIVE ARTS<\/a>
\nCritical Perspectives, Essays, and Conversations on Theory and Practice
\nEdited by Dena Davida, Marc Pronovost, V\u00e9ronique Hudon, and Jane Gabriels<\/p>\n

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Curating Live Arts<\/em> brings together bold and innovative essays from an international group of theorist-practitioners to pose vital questions, propose future visions, and survey the landscape of this rapidly evolving discipline.<\/p>\n

Read A Collective Introduction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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POWER IN PRACTICE<\/a>
\nThe Pragmatic Anthropology of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira
\nSergio Gonz\u00e1lez Varela<\/p>\n

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Considering the concept of power in capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian ritual art form, Varela describes ethnographically the importance that capoeira leaders (mestres) have in the social configuration of a style called Angola in Bahia, Brazil.<\/p>\n

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In recognition of International Dance Day, Berghahn Journals is offering full access to the following journal articles until May 5th, 2019:<\/p>\n

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\"RECO<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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The cohesive and revitalizing nature of Maya dance, art, and oral history<\/a><\/em>
\nAllison D. Krogstad
\nRegions and Cohesion<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 4, Issue 1)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Ritual Experience of Continuity: Flow and Participation in Punu Twin Dancing<\/a><\/em>
\nCarine Plancke
\nSocial Analysis<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 56, Issue 3)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"CHOC<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Dancing on the Threshold: A Cultural Concept for Conditions of Being Far from Salvation<\/a><\/em>
\nGregor Rohmann
\nContributions to the History of Concepts<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 10, Issue 2)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Beyond Frames: The Creation of a Dance Company in Health Care through the Journey of Brain Trauma<\/a><\/em>
\nJenny Elliot
\nJourneys<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 11, Issue 1)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Osuokhai, The Yakut Circle Dance<\/a><\/em>
\nAngelina Lukina
\nSibirica<\/a>\u00a0(Vol. 17, Issue 3)<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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