Dancing with Difference Culturally Diverse Dances in Education

As the global vicissitudes of migration unfold so does ethnic difference in the classroom, and this book offers a timely examination of teaching about culturally different dances. At a time when the world of dance is, on the one hand, seemingly becoming m

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Danciing with Difference D Cultura ally Diverse Dances D in Edu ucation

Linda Ashley A

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ISBN: 978-94-6091-983-1 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-984-8 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-985-5 (e-book)

Published by: Sense Publishers, P.O. Box 21858, 3001 AW Rotterdam, The Netherlands https://www.sensepublishers.com/

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Grateful thanks to: Peter de Liefde, Desha Lourens and the team at Sense Publishers. My critical reader friends Erin Bowerman, Natalie Dowd, Felicity Molloy, Aya Nakamura, and Jennifer Nikolai. My University of Auckland doctorate supervisors who supported me when sowing the seeds of this book: Dr. David Lines, Dr. Eve Coxon and Dr. Nicholas Rowe. All the research participants. My husband Michael.

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my mother.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DEDICATION

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1 INTRODUCTION Move 1–Setting the Stage: Dance Education in Different Times and Spaces Move 2–Creating a Research Space: Dance in the New Zealand National Curriculum Move 3–Aligning the Spine: Key Terms Move 4–Finding a Footing: The Research Journey Move 5–Theme and Variations: Outline

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PART I TRACING THE INCLUSION OF CULTURALLY DIFFERENT DANCES IN EDUCATION

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2 FOLK DANCE A SURVIVAL STORY New Zealand Steps and Voices Tracing Footsteps–European Folk Dancing a Survival Story in New Zealand Voices and Steps from Other Shores 3 ADAPTATION AND SURVIVAL IN TWENTIETH CENTURY DANCE EDUCATION New Zealand Steps and Voices–Variations in Teaching Folk Dance Folk Dancing Adapting, Surviving–Tracing the Variation of Creative Innovation

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4 DANCING WITH SOME DIFFERENCES IN DANCE EDUCATION New Zealand–Different Steps and Voices Tracing Diversification and Expanding Differences

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PART II TEACHING ABOUT DANCE FROM CONTEXTUAL PERSPECTIVES

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5 DEVELOPING TEACHING ABOUT DANCE: CHALLENGES AND CONCERNS Dancing Without the Context in New Zealand–Challenges and Concerns Tracings of Teaching About Culturally Different Dances Theoretical Roots–Debates, Concepts and Issues Informing Teaching About Dance Contextually Can Cross-Cultural Understanding be Achieved Through the Contextual Study of Dance? Context as Concept Reinstating Context for Dance Education

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6 DEVELOPING UNDERSTANDING ABOUT CULTURALLY DIFFERENT DANCES: THEORY WITH PRACTICE New Zealand Steps Leading to Teaching of Cultural Differences in Dances Embodied Signs: Theory with Practice Language use in Learning to