Mambo and the Maya

Article Abstract:

A descriptive analysis of a 2000 encounter with Mayan 'mambo' dancing in a mountain community, an encounter that challenges assumptions about prevalent notion of exoticism, identity, and cultural authenticity is presented. Mambo dancing is a transnational music style that originated in Cuba in the mid- to late-1940s and was later associated with Damaso Perez Prado, a Cuban who popularized the mambo beat through his 1950s recordings of a big band sound.

Cuba, Criticism and interpretation, Mambo (Dance)

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Searching for a dialogue in dance education: a teacher's story

Article Abstract:

The soul-searching that the author experienced during work on her dissertation for the scope of 'dialogue' and her experience during the dance project in Finland with nine and ten year old children are described.

Finland, Evaluation, Personal narratives, Study and teaching, Arts education, Personal account

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Teaching styles in contact improvisation: an explicit discourse with implicit meaning

Article Abstract:

The interaction between dance teachers and dancers that leave vast scope for improvisation in teaching dance styles relevant to personal concepts are discussed.

Management dynamics, North America, Methods, Practice, Performances, Dancers

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