Dancing At The Crossroads

Author : Helena Wulff
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781845455903
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing at the Crossroads written by Helena Wulff and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people ́s opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland - until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, ́dancing at the crossroads ́ also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of European modernity. Helena Wulff is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University. Publications include Twenty Girls (Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1988), Ballet across Borders (Berg, 1998), Youth Cultures (co-edited with Vered Amit-Talai, Routledge, 1995), New Technologies at Work (co-edited with Christina Garsten, Berg, 2003). Her research focusses on dance, visual culture, and Ireland.

Author : Jo Roach
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781870841931
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing at the Crossroads written by Jo Roach and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Waters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jiving at the Crossroads written by John Waters and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey to the heartland of today's Ireland, its people and politicians, Jiving at the Crossroads marks a radical new departure in Irish writing. Cutting to the very core of the unresolved struggles that haunt the Irish psyche -- the past and the present, between the urban and the rural -- Irish Times columnist John Waters creates a uniquely personal insight into the dilemmas faced by a whole gerneration born since de Valera's vision of comely lads and lasses dancing at the crossroads.

Author : Lorna Czarnota
Publisher : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781624910159
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing at the Crossroads written by Lorna Czarnota and published by Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing Practitioners who work with At-Risk Youth in need of character formation and mainstreaming

Author : Joan Finnigan
Publisher : Kingston, Ont. : Quarry Press
ISBN 13 : 9781550821376
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dancing at the Crossroads written by Joan Finnigan and published by Kingston, Ont. : Quarry Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeanette Mollenhauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646817064
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Dancing at the Southern Crossroads written by Jeanette Mollenhauer and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dancing at the Southern Crossroads presents a cohesive narrative of the early practice of Irish step dance in Australia and is the first book on the topic to be written by an Australian. It presents a topical view of the choreographic practices and social significance of step dance in the Irish immigrant community in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and situates the practice of dance within the wider historical contexts in which Irish immigrants lived.This book includes biographies of the early practitioners which feature their dance careers and personal aspects of their lives. The development of competitions is a highlight, relating the moulding of the framework of rules and regulations to the socio-cultural context in which Irish Australians found themselves, as well as the concurrent developments in step dance taking place in Ireland. Each topic emphasises the role of the people who danced in past times and draws heavily on letters to newspapers which reveal those performers' intense passion for Irish step dance.The book makes a substantial contribution to the very sparse collection of works about immigrants and traditional dance styles that have been perpetuated in Australia following migration and re-settlement, which is a neglected area in Australian dance scholarship. Thus, the book underscores the highly variegated nature of the dance landscape in this nation Dancing at the Southern Crossroads traces the story of Irish step dance in Australia. It will be of interest to scholars of Irish migration, dance scholars and the current cohort of Australian Irish step dancers.

Author : A. McGrath
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113703548X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dance Theatre in Ireland written by A. McGrath and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance theatre has become a site of transformation in the Irish performance landscape. This book conducts a socio-political and cultural reading of dance theatre practice in Ireland from Yeats' dance plays at the start of the 20th century to Celtic-Tiger-era works of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre and CoisCéim Dance Theatre at the start of the 21st.

Author : Janice M. Del Negro
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440845093
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engaging Teens with Story written by Janice M. Del Negro and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on proven theory and real-life experience, this guidebook provides a one-stop resource for educators, librarians, and storytellers looking to introduce storytelling programs for young adults. Storytelling is often associated with storytime and library services to young children, but effective storytelling speaks to all ages—including teens. Engaging Teens with Story: How to Inspire and Educate Youth with Storytelling offers an in-depth look at storytelling for young adults that explains the benefits of storytelling with this audience, what current practices are, and storytelling opportunities to explore with youth. It provides a unique source of expert guidance that youth services librarians, professional storytellers, and middle and high school teachers will appreciate. Readers will learn how to find stories for teens, apply proven techniques for successful telling of tales to teens, use traditional literature as a basis for creative writing, and establish a teen storytelling club or troupe. The guide also covers how teens can create their own stories with digital media; the connections between traditional folk and fairy tales and today's film, television, books, and online media; and how storytelling can be successfully used with at-risk youth.

Author : Michael Heaney
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803273879
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ancient English Morris Dance written by Michael Heaney and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of morris dancing in England, from its introduction in the 15th century, through the contention of the Reformation and Civil War, when morris dancing and maypoles became potent symbols of the older ways of living, to its re-invention as an emblem of Victorian concepts of Merrie England in the 19th century.

Author : Hastings Donnan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100018336X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of Ireland written by Hastings Donnan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where and what is Ireland?--What are the identities of the people of Ireland?--How has European Union membership shaped Irish people's lives and interests?--How global is local Ireland?This book argues that such questions can be answered only by understanding everyday aspects of Irish culture and identity. Such understanding is achieved by paying close attention to what people in Ireland themselves say about the radical changes in their lives in the context of wider global transformation. As notions of sex, religion, and politics are radically reworked in an Ireland being re-imagined in ways inconceivable just a generation ago, anthropologists have been at the forefront of recording the results. The first comprehensive book-length introduction to anthropological research on the island as a whole, The Anthropology of Ireland considers the changing place in a changing Ireland of religion, sex, sport, race, dance, young people, the Travellers, St Patrick's Day and much more.