Ageing, Gender, Embodiment and Dance [electronic resource] : Finding a Balance /
Schwaiger, E.author.
This book explores the nexus between gender, ageing and culture in dancers practicing a variety of genres. It challenges existing cultural norms which equate ageing with bodily decline and draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore alternatives for developing a culturally valued mature subjectivity through the practice of dance.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Constructing aging, gender and self -- Gendered aging in theatrical dance -- The dancers speak -- Dancing between construction and experience -- Dancing the self through aging -- Counter-discourses -- Valuing the mature dancer : cross-cultural perspectives.
This book explores the nexus between gender, ageing and culture in dancers practicing a variety of genres. It challenges existing cultural norms which equate ageing with bodily decline and draws on an interdisciplinary theoretical framework to explore alternatives for developing a culturally valued mature subjectivity through the practice of dance.
Dance.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Performing arts.
Dance.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Performing Arts.