Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa

This book provides a critical reflection on the ways dance studio teachers recognize, reflect and respond to cultural difference within their dance studio classes, particularly in the rural context in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Through dance teachers' narratives, it reveals the complexities of multiculturalism within dance studio classes and examines related issues of inclusion and exclusion within dance education.

Understanding the dance practices provided by teachers like those in rural communities within Aotearoa/New Zealand is an increasingly urgent concern in an era of growing political, social and cultural tensions, for students and scholars of performing arts, leadership and community development. While previous research and publications have investigated cultural difference and global multicultural arts practices, this book presents a critical lens on performing arts practice and socio-cultural challenges experienced by local dance teachers within rural communities in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Addresses rural dance practice in Aotearoa/New Zealand Contributes to the limited existing literature which focuses on rural dance studio classes Attends to issues of cultural diversity, inclusion and difference in the particular context of Aotearoa/New Zealand Provides a unique focus of various dance teachers' perceptions and experiences through a narrative approach Attends to much debated issues of eurocentrism and cultural difference in the particular context of rural dance education

Autorentext

Kristie Mortimer holds a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, and was awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance 2020 at the University of Otago, New Zealand. She has worked extensively in dance education and community dance, engaging with diverse groups of people both in New Zealand and abroad. Her research utilizes ethnographic methods to explore dance education, pedagogies and practices in diverse socio-cultural contexts.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Cultural inclusion and multiculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 3. Dance education in dance studio contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand.- Chapter 4. Cultural inclusion within dance studio classes.- Chapter 5: Valuing inclusion and socialisation in rural dance studios.- Chapter 6. Relevance of cultural difference for dance studio teachers in rural contexts.- Chapter 7. Dance studio teachers' maintenance of ethnocentric bias in dance studio classes.- Chapter 8: Allowing space for ethnorelative practices to emerge in dance studio practices.- Chapter 9: Recommendations and implications for dance studio education