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This collection of essays examines popular forms of dance in the Balkan nations, including detailed studies on the history and development of dance in Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Romania, and Greece, among other nations. The essays address the ways in which ethnic and national identity constitutes an important aspect of the performance of Balkan dance, whether by state folk dance ensembles or immigrant groups in other countries. Several essays also examine the unique popularity that Balkan dances and music have found among American audiences, with special attention paid to the work of international folk dancer Dick Crum in promoting Balkan dance within the United States.
Award winning choreographer Anthony Shay is an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Pomona College, Claremont, California. His articles have appeared in Dance Research Journal, Iranian Studies Journal, International Encyclopedia of Dance, and other publications.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. Richard George “Dick” Crum: A LifeROBERT HENRY LEIBMAN 2. Introduction: Choreographing the BalkansANTHONY SHAY Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Performance3. Transnational ToVek: Gender and the Politics of Balkan Romani DanceCAROL SILVERMAN 4. Dance and Place: The Case of a Roma Community in Northern GreeceCHRISTOS PAPAKOSTAS 5. Dance as Propaganda: The Metaxas Regime’s Stadium Ceremonies, 1937–1940IRENE LOUTZAKI 6. Nationalism and Scholarship in Transylvanian EthnochoreologyCOLIN QUIGLEY 7. Bulgarian Dance Culture: From Censorship to ChalgaERICA NIELSEN 8. Clapping for Serbs: Nationalism and PerformanceBosnia and HerzegovinaLYNN D. MANERS 9. Choreographing the Other: The Serbian State Folk Dance Ensemble, Gypsies, Muslims, and AlbaniansANTHONY SHAY Balkan Dance in America10. “Inside, Outside, Upside-Down”: The Role of Mainstream Society Participants in the Ethnic Dance MovementROBIN J. EVANCHUK 11. Balkan Tradition, American Alternative: Dance, Community, and the People of the PinesJUNE ADLER VAIL Morphology of Balkan Dance and Music12. Hai la Joc! Periodicity at Play in Romanian Dance MusicJAMIE L. WEBSTER 13. Dvoransko Kolo: From the 1840s to the Twentieth CenturyNANCY LEE CHALFA RUYTER 14. Dance Structure and Its Application to the Understanding of Macedonian “Cross” DancesROBERT HENRY LEIBMAN About the Contributors Index