Background
Shay, Anthony Victor was born on October 31, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jack Wendell Shay and Margaret Martha Read.
(Throughout its history, the United States has become a ne...)
Throughout its history, the United States has become a new home for thousands of immigrants, all of whom have brought their own traditions and expressions of ethnicity. Not least among these customs are folk dances, which over time have become visual representations of cultural identity. Naturally, however, these dances have not existed in a vacuum. They have changed--in part as a response to ever-changing social identities, and in part as a reaction to deliberate manipulations by those within as well as outside of a particular culture. Compiled in great part from the author's own personal dance experience, this volume looks at how various cultures use dance as a visual representation of their identity, and how "traditional" dances change over time. It discusses several "parallel layers" of dance: dances performed at intra-cultural social occasions, dances used for representation or presentation, and folk dance performances. Individual chapters center on various immigrant cultures. Chiefly the work focuses on cultural representation and how it is sometimes manipulated. Key folk dance festivals in the United States and Canada are reviewed. Interviews with dancers, teachers, and others offer a first-hand perspective. An extensive bibliography encompasses concert programs and reviews as well as broader scholarly sources.
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(Over the past fifty years national dance companies from T...)
Over the past fifty years national dance companies from Turkey, Egypt, Mexico, Greece, the former USSR and Croatia have dominated concert stages throughout the world. Anthony Shay makes coherent sense of these national programs, which have previously received scant academic attention. Specifically, he looks at the ways through which these companies spread political, ethnic and cultural messages by accruing symbolic and cultural capital for their respective nation-states. In his analysis, Shay draws on cultural studies, political science and anthropology to create a work that cuts across disciplines. As the first book to address the topic of state-sponsored folk dance ensembles and their structures, Choreographic Politics examines the repertoires, performances and choreographic strategies of these companies within the political, social, gendered and ethnic contexts in which each company was created. In addition, Shay’s study includes a look at music, costumes, and various artistic directors and choreographers.
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Shay, Anthony Victor was born on October 31, 1936 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jack Wendell Shay and Margaret Martha Read.
Master of Library Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 1963. Master of Arts anthropology, California State University, Los Angeles, 1970. Master of Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, 1971.
Doctor of Philosophy dance historical and theory, University California Riverside, Riverside, California, 1997.
Artistic director Aman Folk Ens., Los Angeles, 1960—1977, Avaz Internal. Dance Theatre, Los Angeles, since 1977.
(Throughout its history, the United States has become a ne...)
(Over the past fifty years national dance companies from T...)