Dancing At The Crossroads : Memory and Mobility in Ireland

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wulff, Helena.

Series:

Dance and Performance Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Ireland.

Folk dancing, Irish--History.

Local Subjects:

Dance--Ireland.

Folk dancing, Irish--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2007.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Into the Rhythm of the Dance; Chapter 2: Tradition Reinvented; Chapter 3: Memories in Motion; Chapter 4: The Link to the Land; Chapter 5: Storytelling Dance; Chapter 6: Winning the World's; Chapter 7: The Riverdance Moment; Chapter 8: Rooted Cosmopolitanism; Afterword; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780857454348

085745434X

OCLC:

875098825