Dancers as Diplomats - American Choreography in Cultural Exchange (Paperback)

Dancers as Diplomats chronicles the role of dance and dancers in American cultural diplomacy. In the early decades of the Cold War and the twenty-first century, American dancers toured the globe on tours sponsored by the US State Department. Dancers as Diplomats tells the story of how these tours in shaped and some times re-imagined ideas of America in unexpected, often sensational circumstances-pirouetting in Moscow as the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded and dancing in Burma in the days just before the country held its first democratic elections. Based on more than seventy interviews with dancers who traveled on the tours, the book looks at a wide range of American dance companies, among them New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, ODC/Dance, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, and the Trey McIntyre Project, among others. These companies traveled the world. During the Cold War, they dance everywhere from the Soviet Union during the Cold War to Vietnam just months before the US abandoned Saigon. In the post 9/11 era, they traveled to Asia and Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2015
Authors:	Clare Croft (Assistant Professor of Dance)
Dimensions:	234 x 162 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-995821-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy Promotions
LSN:	0-19-995821-1
Barcode:	9780199958214

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