Dance Leadership: Theory Into Practice

✍ Scribed by Jane M. Alexandre (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 217
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This “what is”—rather than “how to”— volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by portraits of leaders in action in India, South Africa, UK, US, Brazil and Canada. What is dance leadership? Who practices it, in what setting, and why? Through performance, choreography, teaching, writing, organizing and directing, the dance leaders portrayed herein instigate change and forward movement. Illustrating all that is unique about leading in dance, and by extension the other arts, readers can engage with such wide-ranging issues as: Does the practice of leading require followers? How does one individual’s dance movement act on others in a group? What does ‘social engagement’ mean for artists? Is the pursuit of art and culture a human right?

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Toward a Theoretical View of Dance Leadership....Pages 7-26
“We Think Differently in the Landscape of Dance”: T. Lang....Pages 27-45
“I Wanted to Be a Dance Company and Not a Social Project”: Sonia Destri....Pages 47-62
“The Outcome Will Be Exciting if the Process Is Exciting”: Urmimala Sarkar Munsi....Pages 63-83
“We Found There Were Issues We Had to Address”: Jay Hirabayashi....Pages 85-106
“I Want to Ask Questions That Are Normally Swept Under the Carpet”: Dada Masilo....Pages 107-128
“Dance Points Us into Life”: Adam Benjamin....Pages 129-149
Circling Back, Moving Forward....Pages 151-198
Enhancing the Theory....Pages 199-201
Conclusion....Pages 203-204
Back Matter....Pages 205-212

✦ Subjects

Dance;Theatre Direction and Production;Performing Arts;Contemporary Theatre;Performers and Practicioners