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Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland

By Helena Wulff

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2007
ISBN
9780857454348, 9781845453282, 9781845455903, 2007043684
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1393311 bytes)
Series
Dance and Performance Studies
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-31 21:36:28
Performing Arts; Sociology; Nonfiction; PER000000;

Description

Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, "dancing at the crossroads" also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of European modernity.

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