Approaches to Dance (5)
Dancing the Other: The Aman Folk Ensemble and the Avaz International Dance Theatre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20458268 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anthony Shay (Pomona College, California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 94-121 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-2875 • E-ISSN: 1750-0095 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/drs.2025.0444 |
| OpenAlex | W4410559673 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In this article, I will describe and analyse these two dance companies, and my personal journey, which began over seventy years ago, in creating them. I want to contextualize and frame their trajectory through a brief history of the huge folk dancing movement in North America which grew throughout the twentieth century, in which millions of individuals participated, especially the Balkan movement, which began in the mid-1950s, and within five years, the creation of several dance ensembles throughout North America
Art · Art history · Dance · Folk dance · Visual arts · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Music Education and Analysis
| Highly cited | No |
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