Ballroom, Boogie, Shimmy Sham, Shake

A Social and Popular Dance Reader

By: Julie Malnig (Editor)

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Hardcover | 20 October 2008

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This dynamic collection documents the rich and varied history of social dance and the multiple styles it has generated, while drawing on some of the most current forms of critical and theoretical inquiry. The essays cover different historical periods and styles; encompass regional influences from North and South America, Britain, Europe, and Africa; and emphasize a variety of methodological approaches, including ethnography, anthropology, gender studies, and critical race theory. While social dance is defined primarily as dance performed by the public in ballrooms, clubs, dance halls, and other meeting spots, contributors also examine social dance's symbiotic relationship with popular, theatrical stage dance forms.
Contributors are Elizabeth Aldrich, Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Yvonne Daniel, Sherril Dodds, Lisa Doolittle, David F. Garcia, Nadine George-Graves, Jurretta Jordan Heckscher, Constance Valis Hill, Karen W. Hubbard, Tim Lawrence, Julie Malnig, Carol Martin, Juliet McMains, Terry Monaghan, Halifu Osumare, Sally R. Sommer, May Gwin Waggoner, Tim Wall, and Christina Zanfagna.

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''An incredibly needed volume for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers, and advisors in the field of dance. These essays afford compelling glimpses into communities dancing in particular places and times; the authors provide nuanced understandings of dancing as a means of forming identity and community.'' Ann Dils, co-editor of Moving History/Dancing Cultures: A Dance History Reader ''This invaluable volume covers an impressive range of genres, illuminating the liveliness and diversity of social dance. The book makes a unique contribution at a time when the field of dance studies is expanding to include forms other than Euro-American concert dance. An excellent book and a godsend for classroom use.'' Tricia Henry Young, director of the graduate program in American dance studies, Florida State University

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Introduction	p. 1
Historical Precedents
Our National Poetry: The Afro-Chesapeake Inventions of American Dance	p. 19
The Civilizing of America's Ballrooms: The Revolutionary War to 1890	p. 36
"Just Like Being at the Zoo": Primitivity and Ragtime Dance	p. 55
Apaches, Tangos, and Other Indecencies: Women, Dance, and New York Nightlife of the 1910s	p. 72
Evolving Styles
Reality Dance: American Dance Marathons	p. 93
The Trianon and On: Reading Mass Social Dancing in the 1930s and 1940s in Alberta, Canada	p. 109
Negotiating Compromise on a Burnished Wood Floor: Social Dancing at the Savoy	p. 126
Rumba Then and Now: Quindembo	p. 146
Embodying Music/Disciplining Dance: The Mambo Body in Havana and New York City	p. 165
Rocking Around the Clock: Teenage Dance Fads from 1955 to 1965	p. 182
Beyond the Hustle: 1970s Social Dancing, Discotheque Culture, and the Emergence of the Contemporary Club Dancer	p. 199
Theatricalizations of Social Dance Forms
"A Thousand Raggy, Draggy Dances": Social Dance in Broadway Musical Comedy in the 1920s	p. 217
From Bharata Natyam to Bop: Jack Cole's "Modern" Jazz Dance	p. 234
From Busby Berkeley to Madonna: Music Video and Popular Dance	p. 247
The Dance Archaeology of Rennie Harris: Hip-Hop or Postmodern?	p. 261
The Contemporary Scene
"C'mon to My House": Underground House Dancing	p. 285
Dancing Latin/Latin Dancing: Salsa and DanceSport	p. 302
Louisiana Gumbo: Retention, Creolization, and Innovation in Contemporary Cajun and Zydeco Dance	p. 323
The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping: Intersections of Battle, Media, and Spirit	p. 337
Contributors	p. 355
Index	p. 361
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