Dancing Culture Religion

Provocative insights into the nature of dancing as inseparable from human vitality and distinctiveness emerge from this spiraling study of specific cultural dance traditions brought into conversation with various philosophical/theoretical perspectives centering on the topics: movement, gesture, play, masking, ritual, seduction, performance, religion; each the subject of engaging innovative analysis. The author draws on experience as dancer and academic to address contemporary issues such as gender identity development and plasticity and acuity throughout the lifespan.

Sam Gill is professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of Dancing Culture Religion.

Chapter 1: Moving Chapter 2: Gesturing Chapter 3: Self-Othering Chapter 4: Playing chapter 5: Seducing Chapter 6: Dancing