Backstage Economies: Labour and Masculinities in Contemporary European Dance - Softcover

Dunja Njaradi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908258144 ISBN 13: 9781908258144

Publisher: University of Chester Press, 2014

Synopsis

Backstage Economies: Labour and Masculinities in Contemporary European Dance investigates gender politics and labour practices in contemporary European dance. By focusing on masculinities and job careers in professional dance, this study looks at the cultural, historical, and material conditions that shape the dancers' experience of 'the everyday' as they travel to work; struggle to secure funding; nurse injuries; and negotiate their gender and work identities. The emphasis on the dancers' everyday experience is designed to critically explore and to challenge the established methodological boundaries of dance studies: the focus shifts away from the scholarly attentions that are more regularly paid to the phenomenology and perception of performance, towards the material conditions of dance production. In general, this book revisits the debates in dance education related to gender politics and the well-being of dancers; and it also traces and discusses some significant shortcomings of the current European dance policies and employment practices.

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About the Author

Dunja Njaradi (PhD Theatre Studies) is a theatre and dance studies scholar working within several interdisciplinary affiliations: physical theatre, dance anthropology and contemporary dance. Dunja is working closely with selected performers and performing arts communities, including contemporary and folk dancers, mainly in South East Europe. Her research focuses on performance content as well as social, cultural and political concerns such as gender, the body, ethnic, cultural and national identity and the negotiation of tradition. She is associate editor of Journal of Dance, Movement and Spiritualities and a member of the ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music) involved in research and publishing within Music and Dance in South East Europe study group.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chester Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908258144
• ISBN 13: 9781908258144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224