Moore, K. (2004). A Commitment to Clubbing. Peace Review, 16(4), 459-465.
Karenza Moore is a research associate at Salford University. Her main focus is on clubbing culture and some work on gender and technology. This journal gives an overview of clubbing culture in the United Kingdom and America. It discusses the club atmosphere with reference to social dance and its sexuality, DJs and club music and drug consumption. It highlights the negative perception of club culture and its financial and physical toll as well as the recreational enjoyment of clubbing. This journal supplies useful description of social dance and the conflicting views of club culture that hinder the progression of its perception as an art form.
Dixon, B. (1990). Black Dance and Dancers and the White Public: A Prolegomenon to Problems of Definition. Black American Literature Forum, 24(1), 117-177.
Brenda Dixon is an associate professor in the dance department at Temple University and a critic for Dance Magazine. This journal discusses the conflict associated with American social dance because of its strong foundation in Black culture. It details consequence of exoticism and other issues faced when white dancers are exposed to the black genre of dance and compares it in the same manner to when a black person is seen performing a dance form dominated by whites. It also explains how this social association hinders black choreographers of dance theatre in their creations and acceptance in any genre. For journalists concerned with social dance, this article gives insight into racial reasons for its struggle to gain respect in America.
Risner, D. (2007). Rehearsing masculinity: Challenging the 'boy code' in dance education. Research in Dance Education, 8(2), 139-153.
Doug Risner, Ph.D., is Chair and an associate professor of dance in the Maggie Allesee Department of Dance at Wayne State University. His article discusses the social stigma placed on male dancers. It provides information on how the reputation that comes with being a male dancer can hinder men from being open to any genre of dance and how that relates to perceptions of success of different dance genres. It also discusses gender norms and dominant culture in relation to dance training and education and the difference in pleasure men receive from dancing. The concepts of this article spark interesting issues when juxtaposed with gender issues of social dance since it is a male dominated dance genre. This provides good background information for an angle on social dances struggle in relation to how each gender receives the concept of dance as a whole.
About Me
- Christina Synodinos
- Public Relations student at Ohio University and proud Greek-American. My family is from Chios and my culture is a huge part of my lifestyle. Parea was inspired by all the things my Greek friends and I try to keep up on and spend much time calling one another about to share within our large group of friends (parea).