Overview

Driven by facts and hard data, this volume reveals how gender dynamics affect the lives of dancers, choreographers, directors, students, educators, and others who are involved in the world of dance. It unpacks real issues that matter—not just to dance communities but also to broader societal trends in the West. In these studies, dancers and dance scholars take readers into classrooms, rehearsals, performances, festivals, competitions, college dance departments, and company administrations. They ask incisive questions and analyze data to learn about the role of gender in attitudes, stereotypes, pedagogy, funding inequities, representation, casting, and body image. Dance is an important part of our larger cultural fabric, and this volume adds powerful findings to today’s discussions about living in a gendered society.

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Groundbreaking. --Broadway World A useful resource for future researchers interested in the ways that gender in dance intersects with class, race, and sexual orientation. --Choice Accessible essays and numerous research projects by contributing writers from around the world unpack and address gender issues in higher education administration, dance studio settings, all-boy dance classes and contemporary ballet. --Dance Teacher

Groundbreaking. --Broadway World A useful resource for future researchers interested in the ways that gender in dance intersects with class, race, and sexual orientation. --Choice

Author Information

Wendy Oliver, professor of dance at Providence College, is coeditor of Jazz Dance: A History of the Roots and Branches. Doug Risner, professor of dance at Wayne State University, is coeditor of Hybrid Lives of Teaching Artists in Dance and Theatre Arts: A Critical Reader.

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