Competitive ballroom is much more than a style of dance. Rather, it is a continually evolving and increasingly global social and cultural arena: of fashion, performance, art, sport, gender and more.
Ballroomexplores the intersection of dance cultures, dress and the body. Presenting the author's experiences at an international range of dance events in Europe, the US and UK, as well as featuring the views of individual dancers, the book shows how dancing influences mind and body alike. For students of anthropology, dance, cultural and performance studies,Ballroomprovides an ethnographic picture of how dancers and others live their lives both on and off the dance floor.
Introduction * Part 1: Setting the Stage * Chapter 1: What is Competitive Ballroom Dance? * Chapter 2: A Brief History of Ballroom * Chapter 3: Judging Dancesport * Part 2: Performing Dancesport * Chapter 4: Ballroom as Spectacle * Chapter 5: Ballroom as Art * Chapter 6: Ballroom as Sport * Part 3: Ballroom Competitions as Events * Chapter 7: Competitions as Festival and Celebration * Chapter 8: Competitions as Ritual * Part 4: Costs, Consequences, and Outcomes * Chapter 9: Costumes and Conduct * Chapter 10: Performing Gender * Chapter 11: Living the Dancesport Life * Conclusion
Jonathan S. Marionis Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Arkansas, President of the Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA), and author of
Ballroom: Culture and Costume in Competitive Dance(2008) and
Visual Research: A Concise Introduction to Thinking Visually(2013, w/Jerome Crowder).
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