Contemporary directions in Asian American dance /edited by Yutian Wong.
Contemporary directions in Asian American dance /edited by Yutian Wong.
- Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, (c)2016.
- 1 online resource.
- Studies in dance history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Part I: Dancing citizenship. A new taiko folk dance: San Jose taiko and Asian American movements / We should bring our muzukashii / Asian Canadian dance: cross-cultural currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Company ERASGA Dance / "Started in the streets . . .": reality TV, neoliberalism and the performance of Asian American entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew / Part II: Choreographing aesthetics. Mediated meditations: choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin / An Asian American land: Eiko and Koma choreograph cultural politics / Ambivalent selves: the Asian female body in contemporary American dance / Afterword / Yutian Wong -- Angela K. Ahlgren -- Roko Kawai -- Eury Colin Chang -- Brian Su-Jen Chung -- Ellen V.P. Gerdes -- Rosemary Candelario -- Maura Nguyen Donohue -- Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara.
9780299308735
Asians--Ethnic identity.--Canada
Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Dance--Canada.
Dance--United States.
Asian American dance.
Electronic Books.
GV1624 / .C668 2016
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction / Part I: Dancing citizenship. A new taiko folk dance: San Jose taiko and Asian American movements / We should bring our muzukashii / Asian Canadian dance: cross-cultural currents in Vancouver's Kokoro Dance and Company ERASGA Dance / "Started in the streets . . .": reality TV, neoliberalism and the performance of Asian American entrepreneurship on America's Best Dance Crew / Part II: Choreographing aesthetics. Mediated meditations: choreographies of Shen Wei and Kun-Yang Lin / An Asian American land: Eiko and Koma choreograph cultural politics / Ambivalent selves: the Asian female body in contemporary American dance / Afterword / Yutian Wong -- Angela K. Ahlgren -- Roko Kawai -- Eury Colin Chang -- Brian Su-Jen Chung -- Ellen V.P. Gerdes -- Rosemary Candelario -- Maura Nguyen Donohue -- Yutian Wong and Denise Uyehara.
9780299308735
Asians--Ethnic identity.--Canada
Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.
Dance--Canada.
Dance--United States.
Asian American dance.
Electronic Books.
GV1624 / .C668 2016