Overview
- Explores Guangchang Wu or ‘square dance’ in contemporary China
- Offers rich accounts of those involved in leading, organizing, teaching and learning Guangchang Wu
- Considers how a form of grassroots performing arts can provide leadership and foster community resilience within China
Part of the book series: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion (CSDLI)
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About the authors
Ruohan Chen is doctoral candidate in the Dance Studies Programme at University of Auckland, New Zealand. Ruohan is now working between the contexts of New Zealand and China. Her research interest centers on dance and politics in the context of contemporary China, dance ethnography, and cross-cultural dance education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The People’s Dance
Book Subtitle: The Power and Politics of Guangchang Wu
Authors: Rose Martin, Ruohan Chen
Series Title: Critical Studies in Dance Leadership and Inclusion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9166-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9165-5Published: 24 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9166-2Published: 23 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2661-8451
Series E-ISSN: 2661-846X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 122
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Dance, Performing Arts, Creativity and Arts Education, Social Work and Community Development, Asian Culture, Popular Culture