Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts Honours
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
Faculty
Faculty of Education and Arts
First Supervisor
Dr Maggi Phillips
Abstract
With the international dance community becoming increasingly globalised, how do Western European perceptions of folk/ traditional dance pervade and shape the field of dance? This paper will discuss Western European perspectives towards traditional and folk dance and investigate the origins of such perspectives, if they do indeed exist. In doing so the reasoning of Western European perspectives will be examined, considered and questioned alongside that of non-Western European perspectives. The thesis is compiled from a wide range of textual sources that explore Western European world views in relation to non-Western European perspectives to argue that such perspectives do, to a large extent, shape and pervade the wider field of dance.
Recommended Citation
Fishwick, E. (2010). Historically and in the context of globalisation, how do western European perceptions of folk/ traditional dance pervade and shape the field of dance?. Edith Cowan University. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses_hons/1365