Voicing the Move
Discursive Practices of Scottish Dance Instruction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15734855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sergey V Alferov (0000-0002-2393-0812, Shady Glen Scottish & Welsh dance studio, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 2 (54) |
| Pages | 177-197 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Вестник антропологии (Herald of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2311-0546 • E-ISSN: 2782-1552 |
| Publisher | Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-54-2/177-197 |
| OpenAlex | W3173720669 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Bridging dance anthropology and multimodal discourse analysis, the article focuses on language used to teach and/or describe various versions of the pas de basque step in Highland, Scottish country, Scottish step and “called” Ceilidh dancing of Scotland. It analyses pedagogic discourse observed during on- and offline classes and dance events across the globe alongside the author’s own embodied experience as a Scottish dancer, learner and teacher. When examining culturally and somatically contextualised uses of English in Scottish dance pedagogy, the article takes into account a range of dance manuals and instructions published between 1950 and 2020 by the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society, the Royal Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, the United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing and other organisations and individuals. Revisiting issues of communicating (and delegating) authority, (re)shaping the dance tradition(s) and providing/refraining from regulation, the study is aimed at helping to better appreciate the mutual interconnectedness between pedagogic discourse, on the one hand, and dance learning and teaching as an embodied social and cultural experience, on the other
Alliance · Art · Concert dance · Dance · Dance education · Embodied cognition · Globe · Pedagogy · Sociology · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Physical Education and Pedagogy · Physical education and sports games research · Psychology · History
Task-Based Language Teaching
Why Doesn't This Feel Empowering? Working Through the Repressive Myths of Critical Pedagogy
Pedagogic register analysis
Naturalness” in Scottish Dancing
Of Meanings and Movements
Phenomenology and Dance
When terminology matters
Critical Discourse Analysis
Performing Autoethnography
| Highly cited | No |
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