Creating with Roots by Rui Xu, Emily Wilcox - 9780472077151

Creating with RootsContemporary Chinese National Folk Dance Choreography\nAuthor(s): Rui Xu, Emily Wilcox\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Michigan Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Michigan Press\nISBN-13: 9780472077151, 978-0472077151\nSynopsis\nCreating with Roots is a critical introduction to the history, theory, and creative practice of Chinese national folk dance, the Chinese-speaking worlds most popular contemporary dance form. A complex cultural and artistic phenomenon that resists simple categorization, Chinese national folk dance merges folkloric material with contemporary stage aesthetics and blends rural folk dances of the Han majority with dances representing Chinas minoritized ethnic communities, bridging cultural differences of geography, economic class, and ethnicity. As such, Chinese national folk dance has become a lightning rod for current debates in the arts worldwidehow to balance local heritage with artistic innovation, how to maint.