Dancing the world smaller: staging globalism in mid-century America
"Dancing the World Smaller examines international dance performances in New York City in the 1940s as sites in which dance artists and audiences contested what it meant to practice globalism in mid-twentieth-century America. During and after the Second World War, modern dance and ballet thrived...
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
[2020]
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| Schriftenreihe: | Oxford studies in dance theory
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Dancing the World Smaller examines international dance performances in New York City in the 1940s as sites in which dance artists and audiences contested what it meant to practice globalism in mid-twentieth-century America. During and after the Second World War, modern dance and ballet thrived in New York City, a fertile cosmopolitan environment in which dance was celebrated as an emblem of American artistic and cultural dominance. In the ensuing Cold War years, American choreographers and companies were among those the U.S. government sent abroad to serve as ambassadors of American cultural values and to extend the nation's geo-political reach. Less-known is that international dance performance, or what was then-called 'ethnic' or 'ethnologic' dance, enjoyed strong support among audiences in the city and across the nation as well. Produced in non-traditional dance venues, such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Ethnologic Dance Center, and Carnegie Hall, these performances elevated dance as an intercultural bridge across human differences and dance artists as transcultural interlocutors. Dancing the World Smaller draws on extensive archival resources, as well as critical and historical studies of race and ethnicity in the U.S., to uncover a hidden history of globalism in American dance and to see artists such as La Meri, Ruth St. Denis, Asadata Dafora, Pearl Primus, José Limón, Ram Gopal, and Charles Weidman in new light. Debates over globalism in dance proxied larger cultural struggles over how to reconcile the nation's new role as a global superpower. In dance as in cultural politics, Americans labored over how to realize diversity while honoring difference and manage dueling impulses toward globalism, on the one hand, and isolationism, on the other"-- |
| Beschreibung: | x, 282 pages illustrations 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780190265311 9780190265328 |
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| spelling | Kowal, Rebekah 1966- Verfasser (DE-588)1203766440 aut Dancing the world smaller staging globalism in mid-century America Rebekah J. Kowal New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020] x, 282 pages illustrations 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Oxford studies in dance theory Introduction -- Staging integration : around the world with dance and song at the American Museum of Natural History, 1943-1952 -- Staging ethnologic dance : La Meri, whiteness, and the problems of cross-ethnic embodiment -- Staging diaspora : Asadata Dafora and black cultural diplomacy -- Staging multiculturalism/staging containment : paradoxes of mid-century globalism "Dancing the World Smaller examines international dance performances in New York City in the 1940s as sites in which dance artists and audiences contested what it meant to practice globalism in mid-twentieth-century America. During and after the Second World War, modern dance and ballet thrived in New York City, a fertile cosmopolitan environment in which dance was celebrated as an emblem of American artistic and cultural dominance. In the ensuing Cold War years, American choreographers and companies were among those the U.S. government sent abroad to serve as ambassadors of American cultural values and to extend the nation's geo-political reach. Less-known is that international dance performance, or what was then-called 'ethnic' or 'ethnologic' dance, enjoyed strong support among audiences in the city and across the nation as well. Produced in non-traditional dance venues, such as the American Museum of Natural History, the Ethnologic Dance Center, and Carnegie Hall, these performances elevated dance as an intercultural bridge across human differences and dance artists as transcultural interlocutors. Dancing the World Smaller draws on extensive archival resources, as well as critical and historical studies of race and ethnicity in the U.S., to uncover a hidden history of globalism in American dance and to see artists such as La Meri, Ruth St. Denis, Asadata Dafora, Pearl Primus, José Limón, Ram Gopal, and Charles Weidman in new light. Debates over globalism in dance proxied larger cultural struggles over how to reconcile the nation's new role as a global superpower. In dance as in cultural politics, Americans labored over how to realize diversity while honoring difference and manage dueling impulses toward globalism, on the one hand, and isolationism, on the other"-- Geschichte 1943-1952 gnd rswk-swf Tanz (DE-588)4059028-8 gnd rswk-swf Volkstanz (DE-588)4063869-8 gnd rswk-swf Kulturaustausch (DE-588)4165964-8 gnd rswk-swf Multikulturelle Gesellschaft (DE-588)4214151-5 gnd rswk-swf Globalisierung (DE-588)4557997-0 gnd rswk-swf USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf New York, NY (DE-588)4042011-5 gnd rswk-swf Dance / Political aspects / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Folk dancing / Political aspects / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Dancers / Political activity / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Dance and globalization / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Cultural diplomacy / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century Multiculturalism / New York (State) / New York / History / 20th century New York (N.Y.) / Ethnic relations / History / 20th century Cultural diplomacy Dance and globalization Dance / Political aspects Dancers / Political activity Ethnic relations Folk dancing / Political aspects Multiculturalism New York (State) / New York 1900-1999 History USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Globalisierung (DE-588)4557997-0 s Kulturaustausch (DE-588)4165964-8 s Volkstanz (DE-588)4063869-8 s Geschichte 1943-1952 z DE-604 New York, NY (DE-588)4042011-5 g Tanz (DE-588)4059028-8 s Multikulturelle Gesellschaft (DE-588)4214151-5 s Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF 978-0-19-026533-5 (DE-604)BV046361013 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB 978-0-19-026534-2 (DE-604)BV046361013 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, oso 978-0-19-026535-9 (DE-604)BV046361013 |
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| title | Dancing the world smaller staging globalism in mid-century America |
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