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Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition

By Sherril Dodds

Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition Social Sciences

Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition

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In the twenty-first century, values of competition underpin the free-market economy and aspirations of individual achievement shape the broader social world. Consequently, ideas of winning and losing, success and failure, judgment and worth, influence the dance that we see and do. Across stage, studio, street, and screen, economies of competition impact bodily aesthetics, choreographic strategies, and danced meanings. In formalized competitions, dancers are judged according to industry standards to accumulate social capital and financial gain. Within the capitalist economy, dancing bodies compete to win positions in prestigious companies, while choreographers hustle to secure funding and attract audiences. On the social dance floor, dancers participate in dance-offs that often include unspoken, but nevertheless complex, rules of bodily engagement. And the media attraction to the drama and spectacle of competition regularly plays out in reality television shows, film documentaries, and Hollywood cinema. Drawing upon a diverse collection of dances across history and geography, The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition asks how competition affects the presentation and experience of dance and, in response, how dancing bodies negotiate, critique, and resist the aesthetic and social structures of the competition paradigm.
Product details
Number of Pages:
686
Release Date:
2018-12-03
Publication Date:
2018-12-03
Publisher:
OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0190639083
ISBN13:
9780190639082
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
1343 g
Height:
175 cm
Width:
250 cm
Thickness:
41 cm
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