This groundbreaking collection combines ethnographic and historic strategies to reveal how dance plays crucial cultural roles in various regions of the world, i

"Square dancing is friendship set to music," says author Betty Casey. Just take four couples, old or young, put 'em on a good floor, turn on the music, and you'

This international collection on dance ethnography - the first of its kind - comprises original contributions on fieldwork in dance and human movement. Based on

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 i

History of Dance, Second Edition, offers readers a panoramic view of dance from prehistory to the present. The text covers the dance forms, designs, artists, co