When Men Dance: Choreographing Masculinities Across Borders by Jennifer Fisher,Anthony Shay
By Jennifer Fisher,Anthony Shay
When males Dance bargains a innovative imaginative and prescient that boldly articulates double-standards in gender building inside dance and brings hidden histories to mild in a globalized debate. a primary of its variety, this trenchant examine the stereotypes and realities of male dancing brings jointly contributions from prime and emerging students of dance from around the globe to discover what occurs whilst males dance. The dancing male physique emerges in its many contexts, from the ballet, sleek, and renowned dance worlds to phases in Georgian and Victorian England, Weimar Germany, India and the center East. the lads who dance and those that examine them inform tales that may be either prevalent and incredible for insiders and outsiders alike.
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