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"In-Between Spaces": An Investigation into the Embodiment of Culture in Contemporary Dance
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Smith, Lucy – Research in Dance Education, 2008
Beginning with the theory of cultural embodiment, this paper suggests that the work of some contemporary choreographers, because of the use they make of their cultural backgrounds, inhabits "in-between" spaces. Cultural embodiment, it is suggested, leads to the choreographer's absorption of movement as a source of historical information…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Multicultural Education, Dance, Culture