Dance and Politics - by Dana Mills (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Dance has always been a method of self- expression for human beings. This book examines the political power of dance and especially on its transgressive potential. Focusing on readings of dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham, Gumboots dancers in the gold mines of South Africa, the One Billion Rising movement using dance to protest against gendered violence, dabke in Palestine and dance as protest against human rights abuse in Israel, the Sun Dance within the Native American Crow tribe, the book focuses on moments in which dance transgresses politics articulated in words. Thus the book seeks ways in which reading political dance as interruption unsettles conceptions of politics and dance. The book combines close readings, drawing on the sensibility of the experience of dance and dance spectatorship, and critical analysis grounded in radical democratic theory.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Since ancient times and across cultures, dance has provided a powerful form of human expression. In this inspiring book, Dana Mills examines the political power of dance from a global perspective. Mills explores different dimensions of dance as a form of intervention into a politics more commonly articulated in words. She is interested in dance as a system of communication that allows its subjects to speak with their bodies and to create embodied spaces, drawing attention to the radically egalitarian nature of dance with its ability to transcend all boundaries of gender, race and sexual politics. The book is structured around a range of cross-cultural and comparative examples, from the work of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham to gumboot dancers in South Africa and the One Billion Rising movement, which uses dance to protest against gendered violence. Each case study references powerful dance 'moments', providing links to YouTube clips to allow readers to experience dance directly as they read. The case studies are discussed within a conceptual framework drawing on Rancière's concept of <i>dissensus</i> and in the light of recent work on embodied politics by political theorists including Jodi Dean and Jane Bennett. <i>Dance and politics</i> is aimed at a dual audience of political theorists and students and scholars of dance and performance. It will also be of great interest to readers seeking to expand their thinking about politics, embodiment and activism.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>'Aimed at an audience of political theorists and dance and performance students and scholars, the technical language and critical readings of Jacques Rancière, among others, can make for heavy going for the untutored enthusiast. But as Mills develops the discussion, she moves away from abstract theory and into a series of case studies that start with Isadora Duncan's 1907 Musical Moment. It's at this point that the arguments within <i>Dance and politics</i> begin to intersect and gain clarity.' Susan Darlington<i>, The Morning Star </i>'Dance and Politics: Moving Beyond Boundaries offers a fresh and essentially optimistic exploration of the political dimensions of dance.' Victoria Thoms, Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University, Dance Review Journal<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><br>Dana Mills is a Lecturer at Hertford College, University of Oxford<br>
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