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Author : Elizabeth Burchenal
Release : 1922
Genre : Dance
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Book Synopsis Folk-dancing as a Popular Recreation by : Elizabeth Burchenal
Download or read book Folk-dancing as a Popular Recreation written by Elizabeth Burchenal. This book was released on 1922. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mirjana Lausevic
Release : 2007-01-04
Genre : Music
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Book Synopsis Balkan Fascination by : Mirjana Lausevic
Download or read book Balkan Fascination written by Mirjana Lausevic. This book was released on 2007-01-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divi Zheni identifies itself as a Bulgarian women's chorus and band, but it is located in Boston and none of its members come from Bulgaria. Zlatne Uste is one of the most popular purveyors of Balkan music in America, yet the name of the band is grammatically incorrect. The members of Sviraci hail from western Massachusetts, upstate New York, and southern Vermont, but play tamburica music on traditional instruments. Curiously, thousands of Americans not only participate in traditional music and dance from the Balkans, but in fact structure their social practices around it without having any other ties to the region. In Balkan Fascination, ethnomusicologist Mirjana Lausevic, a native of the Balkans, investigates this remarkable phenomenon to explore why so many Americans actively participate in specific Balkan cultural practices to which they have no familial or ethnic connection. Going beyond traditional interpretations, she challenges the notion that participation in Balkan culture in North America is merely a specialized offshoot of the 1960s American folk music scene. Instead, her exploration of the relationship between the stark sounds and lively dances of the Balkan region and the Americans who love them reveals that Balkan dance and music has much deeper roots in America's ideas about itself, its place in the world, and the place of the world's cultures in the American melting pot. Examining sources that span more than a century and come from both sides of the Atlantic, Lausevic shows that an affinity group's debt to historical movements and ideas, though largely unknown to its members, is vital in understanding how and why people make particular music and dance choices that substantially change their lives.
Author : Elizabeth Burchenal
Release : 1922
Genre : Folk dance music
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Book Synopsis Folk-dances from Old Homelands by : Elizabeth Burchenal
Download or read book Folk-dances from Old Homelands written by Elizabeth Burchenal. This book was released on 1922. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erica M. Nielsen
Release : 2011-07-22
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 891/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Folk Dancing by : Erica M. Nielsen
Download or read book Folk Dancing written by Erica M. Nielsen. This book was released on 2011-07-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This overview of folk dancing in the United States showcases an important historical movement and explains how folk dance communities evolved to fulfill the needs of specific groups of people over time. While the general term "folk dance" encompasses a surprising variety of specific dances, there are three major recreational communities or forms: international folk dance, modern western square dance, and contra dance. Throughout the last century, millions of people have enjoyed folk dancing as an educational and recreational activity, regardless of the particular style. Folk Dancing explains the reasons for the folk dance movement that exploded in Europe and North America in the late 19th century. It describes the clubs, camps, festivals, and communities that sprang up, and examines the culture of the movement—the music, key individuals and events, types of clothing, and influences of technologies and popular culture. The book contains authoritative, original information gleaned from the author's own research conducted with hundreds of folk dance enthusiasts across America.
Author : Betty Casey
Release : 2000
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 188/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis International Folk Dancing U.S.A. by : Betty Casey
Download or read book International Folk Dancing U.S.A. written by Betty Casey. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an extensive work on international folk dancing as practiced in the United States. It tells how to do the hopak, czardas and the bamboo pole dance; plan an international folk dance program; do the little finger hold and the hambo swing. International Folk Dancing U.S.A. presents historical vignettes on pioneer folk dance leaders; instructions for 180 dances from 30 countries; contributions from 60 folk dance authorities; easy-to-follow dance step descriptions; a Glossary of folk dance terms; many helpful illustrations.
