Dance Cultures Around the World

Lynn E. Frederiksen is a hard-of-hearing modern dancer, choreographer, educator, and author from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. She holds a BA in biology and an MA in environmental affairs from Clark University, and she has an MFA in dance from Smith College. Frederiksen was on the drama and dance faculty at Tufts University and is currently an adjunct professor of theater arts at Clark University, where she teaches African Inspirations: A Dance Collaboration, a course based on the dances Fanga and Buschasche, which she learned from Dr. Pearl Primus. Over the years, Frederiksen has presented her research on rhythms of bipedalism in the dance of language at various conferences, touting our facility for learning as a legacy of the human body in motion. Having danced a variety of forms beyond modern dance-including Caribbean, odissi, and Korean drum-dance-Frederiksen currently performs in Massachusetts with Lynn & Paul Dance, The 4:30 Collective, and Jen Lin Dance. Her choreography has been presented in New England and the Virgin Islands. In addition to her collaborations with Shih-Ming Li Chang, Frederiksen has also published poetry and prose in The Caribbean Writer. She received the 2016 Marvin E. Williams Literary Prize for her poem "The Courage of Egrets" and the 2020 Worcester County Poetry Association award for "Flowers." Shih-Ming Li Chang is a choreographer, performer, educator, author, and emeritus associate professor of dance at Wittenberg University. She earned her BA in dance at the University of Chinese Culture in Taiwan and her MFA in dance at Smith College. At Wittenberg Ms. Chang taught ballet, modern, jazz, Chinese classical and folk dance, and dance composition and dance ethnology, and she directed Wittenberg's annual dance concert. While serving as chair of the theater and dance department, Chang hosted the 2019 ACDA East-Central conference at Wittenberg, and throughout her career she developed cultural festivals both on and off campus. Over the years Chang has given lectures and demonstrations on Chinese dance and culture in numerous universities, festivals, and conferences in Taiwan, Poland, and the United States. As a performer, Chang danced with Van Pelt Dance and also presented her own solo works in many venues. Chang served on the boards of directors of OhioDance, the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education, and American College Dance Festival Association. She also was executive director for Weaving Pine-a nonprofit organization promoting Chinese Culture and performing arts in Ohio. Chang and Frederiksen coauthored the book Chinese Dance: In the Vast Land and Beyond (Wesleyan University Press, 2016) as well as an article on Chinese dance in Encyclopedia of Modern China (2009) and "Dance Is the Prism: A Collaborative Journey Through Chinese Dance" in Taking a Bite of the Big Apple: Exploring Resources to Promote Best Practices (NDEO 2009 Conference Proceedings).

Part I. North America Chapter 1. Native American and First Nations Dance Robin Prichard Studying Native American Cultures History of Intertribal Powwows Powwow Elements Powwow Dances Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 2. Social Dance in the United States Nora Ambrosio Brief History Social Dance Social Dance as Expression Social Dance for Socialization Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 3. Danza Folklorico and Mexican American Culture Colleen Porter Hearn Ever-Evolving Dances of Ancient Culture Spanish Conquest and Colonialism Mexican Nation French Occupation of Mexico The Mexican Revolution Crosscurrents Folklorico as Integrative Learning Summary Part II. Central and South America Chapter 4. Dance in Guatemala Beatriz Herrera Corado Creating Identity Dance as a Calendrical Event Continuity of Mayan Practices Colonial Period The Garifuna Influences From Western Theatrical Dance Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 5. Dance in Brazil Amelia Conrado Geography and History Dance and Ritual in Pre-Brazil European Dances in Brazil Founding of Modern Dance in Brazil Regional Dances and Popular Cultural Events African Dance in Brazil Crosscurrents Summary Part III. Caribbean Chapter 6. Bele Drum-Dance Culture in Martinique Camee Maddox-Wingfield Defining Bele as a Regional Folk Tradition Question of Origins Bele Performance Contexts in Contemporary Martinique Bele's Pre-Revival Eclipse in Martinique Bele's Revitalization, Cultural Activism, and Pedagogy Annual Holidays and Observances Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 7. Dance in Trinidad and Tobago Elizabeth Fernandez O'Brien History and Carnival as a Trini Identifier Neo-African Dance in Trinidad and Tobago From Ritual to Performance Indo-Trinidadian Dance Traditions and Development Other Cultural Infusions Crosscurrents Summary Part IV. Africa Chapter 8. Dance in Ghana Jennies Deide Darko Brief History Crosscurrents A Multiplicity of Customs Traditional Dances From Ghana Social Dance Ceremonial Dance Summary Chapter 9. Dance in Uganda Ronald Kibirige Brief History Dancing and Dance-Musicking A Communitarian Approach to Coexistence Activation of Individual and Community Human Social Capital Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 10. Dance Cultures of Zimbabwe Solomon Gwerevende Brief History and Geography Indigenous Zimbabwean Dances Characteristic Features of Indigenous Dances Crosscurrents Implications of Modernity and Globalization Summary Part V. Europe and Russia Chapter 11. Dance in Irish Culture Sharon Anne Phelan Brief History Irish Dance Culture From the 13th Century CE Dance During the Colonial Era Dance at the Turn of the 20th Century Dance During the Postcolonial Era Theatricalization of Irish Dance in Ireland Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 12. Dance in Spain Bridgit Lujan Flamenco Spanish Dance and Flamenco Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 13. Dance in Croatia Tvrtko Zebec, Ivana Katarincic, and Iva Niemcic Social Context Central and Southeastern European Influences Regional Styles of Dance and Music Legacies of Cross-Cultural Trade and Travel Institutionalized Dance Education Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 14. Dance in Greek Culture Christos Papakostas and Nick Poulakis Brief History and Geography Ancient Dance (800-146 BCE) Theatrical Dances of the Classical Period Greek Dance in the Middle Ages (146 BCE-1453 CE) Early Modern Dance (1453-1821) Traditional Dance in Modern Greece (1821-Present) Popular Dance Contemporary Art Dance Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 15. Dance in Bulgarian Culture Iliana Petrova Salazar Bulgarian Dance Culture The Horo Folk Dance Education and Bulgarian Music Crosscurrents A New Choreographic Culture Summary Chapter 16. Traditional Dance in Russia Anthony Shay Brief History Ethno Identity Dance and Socialist Realism Russian Folk Dances in the Field Three Russian Folk Dances Russian Ethno Identity Dance Crosscurrents Summary Part VI. Middle East Chapter 17. Dance Cultures of Turkey Zeynep Gonca Girgin Brief History Traditional Folk Dance Classical Dance Religious Movement Systems Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 18. Dance in Iran Nathalie M. Choubineh Myths and Assumptions of Persian Dance Historical Highlights Modernization of Iran Islamic Revolution of 1979 Crosscurrents Summary Part VII. South and Southeast Asia Chapter 19. Indian Dance Justine Lemos Brief History Classical Dance Tradition and Reconstruction Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 20. Dance in Indonesia Abdul Haque Chang Crosscurrents Diversity of Indonesian Dance Ancestor Worship, Trance, and Religion Jathilan Trance Dance Revival of Traditional Dance Arts Summary Chapter 21. Dance in the Philippines Desiree A. Quintero and Wayland Quintero Place-Based Dance Practices Music and Dance Acapulco-Manila Galleons and the Melding of Forms Dance as Part of Festivity The "Mother" of Philippine Folk Dance Indigenous Peoples Kapwa Crosscurrents Summary Part VIII. East Asia Chapter 22. Dance in Chinese Culture Shih-Ming Li Chang and Lynn E. Frederiksen Dance in Chinese Culture Over 5,000 Years of History Classical Dance Chinese Folk Dance Martial Arts, Competition, and Military Dance 20th-Century Political Turmoil Chinese Civil War Yangbanxi Zhongguogudianwu Paths to Contemporary Dance Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 23. Dance in Japanese Culture Inoue Atsuki Matsuri A Confluence of Cultures Japanese Aesthetics Kagura Noh and Kabuki Theater Folk Dance of Indigenous People in Hokkaido and Okinawa Crosscurrents Popular Dance in Contemporary Japan Summary Part IX. Oceania Chapter 24. Dance of Aboriginal Australia Stephen A. Wild Aboriginal Culture Rom in Northern Australia Other Contexts of Dance in Arnhem Land Central Australia Other Traditions of Aboriginal Dance Crosscurrents Summary Chapter 25. Dance in Tahitian Culture Jane Freeman Moulin Brief History The Colonial Institution Creativity and Innovation Crosscurrents Summary