Waltzing Through Europe
Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth-Century
From ’folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, this volume explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards.
A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of often newly discovered primary sources, the essays afford many opportunities to compare sociocultural and ...
Éditeur : Open Book Publishers
Lieu d’édition : Cambridge
Publication sur OpenEdition Books : 6 avril 2021
ISBN numérique : 979-10-365-6514-4
Collection : OBP collection
Année d’édition : 2020
ISBN (Édition imprimée) : 978-1-78374-732-0
Nombre de pages : x-481
Egil Bakka
1. The Round Dance ParadigmEgil Bakka
2. The State of ResearchEgil Bakka
3. A Survey of the Chapters in the BookEgil Bakka
4. The Waltz at Some Central European CourtsDaniela Stavělová
5. The Polka as a Czech National SymbolDorota Gremlicová
6. Decency, Health, and Grace Endangered by Quick Dancing?The New Dance Style in Bohemia in 1830
László Felföldi
7. Reception of Nineteenth-Century Couple Dances in HungaryRebeka Kunej
8. The Waltz among SloveniansIvana Katarinčić et Iva Niemčić
9. Dancing and Politics in Croatia: The Salonsko Kolo as a Patriotic Response to the WaltzEgil Bakka
12. The Ban on Round Dances 1917–1957: Regulating Social Dancing in Norwegian Community HousesMats Nilsson
13. Dance and ‘Folk Devils’Helena Saarikoski
14. Nostalgia as a Perspective on Past Dance Culture in FinlandFrom ’folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, this volume explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards.
A refreshing intervention in dance studies, this book brings together elements of historiography, cultural memory, folklore, and dance across comparatively narrow but markedly heterogeneous localities. Rooted in investigations of often newly discovered primary sources, the essays afford many opportunities to compare sociocultural and political reactions to the arrival and practice of popular rotating couple dances, such as the Waltz and the Polka. Leading contributors provide a transnational and affective lens onto strikingly diverse topics, ranging from the evolution of romantic couple dances in Croatia, and Strauss’s visits to Hamburg and Altona in the 1830s, to dance as a tool of cultural preservation and expression in twentieth-century Finland.
Waltzing Through Europe creates openings forfresh collaborations in dance historiography and cultural history across fields and genres. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms.
As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher’s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com
Egil Bakka is Professor Emeritus of Dance Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and former Director of the Norwegian Centre for Traditional Music and Dance. He built a full teaching program in Ethnochoreology at NTNU, and, in collaboration with six other universities, he developed two international Masters programs — NoMAds (Nordic Master in Dance Studies) and Choreomundus (International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice, and Heritage) – which he coordinated. His latest publications include ‘Theorizing and De-Theorizing Dance’ (2018) and ‘Museums, Dance, and the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: “Events of Practice” – A New Strategy for Museums?’ (with Tone Erlien, 2017).
Theresa Jill Buckland is Professor of Dance History and Ethnography, Department of Dance, University of Roehampton, London. Her edited books include Dancing from Past to Present (2006) and Folklore Revival Movements in Europe post 1950 (with Daniela Stavělová, 2018). She is also the author of Society Dancing: Fashionable Bodies in England 1870–1920 (2011).
Helena Saarikoski is Adjunct Professor of Folklore and Women’s Studies, University of Helsinki. She is a Helsinki-based folklorist, specialising in youth and women studies and ethnographic studies of popular culture.
Anne von Bibra Wharton teaches ballroom and world dance traditions in the Dance Department at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She has served as Secretary of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreolgy and as an editor for multiple study group proceedings. Among her research interests are continuity and change in social dance forms in the Franconian region of Germany, which include many round dances.
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