A Spectacular Embrace
Dance Dialogues between Cuba and the Soviet Union, 1959–1973
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11210787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Schwall (0000-0001-9096-4601, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 275-302 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Chronicle (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-2526 • E-ISSN: 1532-4257 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01472526.2018.1518074 |
| OpenAlex | W2907502190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This article examines dance dialogues between Cuba and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, focusing mostly on ballet, with some analysis of folkloric dance. Cuban and Soviet dancers enacted what I call a spectacular embrace, a choreographed relationship that obscured tensions, exaggerated affections, and allowed Cuban dancers to celebrate socialist solidarities while reaffirming national distinctions. This dancing history provides new insights into Cuban-Soviet relations by showing how Cuban dance makers leapt into a spectacular embrace with Soviets when their governments quibbled in the 1960s, and quietly disengaged themselves when their governments became closer in the 1970s
Art · Ballet · Cold war · Dance · Folklore · Literature · Political science · Politics · Soviet union · Visual arts · Cuban History and Society · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |