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Concert dance in Israel

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Many biblical descriptions of dances are present in ancient Israel, related to tilling the earth, mourning, military victories, joy, entertainment, and religious rites, suggesting a rich dance tradition. Israel is a complex society of Jewish immigrants of varied cultures and ideologies, enduring changing economic and political situations, and for the past many years, Israeli dancers have reflected and helped to shape the internal dialogues of Israeli life and contributed to a global exchange of dance ideas, especially with modern dancers from Europe and America.

Israel, Immigrants

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Issues in dance reconstruction: Karanas as dance texts in a cross-cultural context

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The 'Natyasastra', a Sanskrit work on drama, dance and music of uncertain date, describes in its Fourth Chapter, the 108 dance units, Karanas, of the tandava dance of Lord Siva, and this particular chapter was translated into English in 1936 under the name, 'Tandavalaksanam'. Karanas are also presented as conceptual kinetic units, a tool for dance analysis, applicable in cross-cultural contexts, and they serve as pegs on to which one can hang specific issues surrounding corporeality and the dancing body in the present and in the past.

India, Analysis, Cross-cultural studies, Cross cultural studies

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Modern dance Alla Turca: Transforming Ottoman dance in early republican Turkey

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The works of Selma Selim Sun and her father Selim Sirri Tarcan, who wrote on dance in the 1920s, a period that marked the transition from the Ottoman Empire to modern Turkey is presented. They challenged Muslim-Ottoman tradition by bringing women and mixed couples to the public dance space, marking a shift from the urban professional, religious and regional dance traditions to a more Western approach, by refining regional dances and adopting the modern dance genre.

Turkey, Works, Dance critics, Sun, Selma Selim

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