Dancing Indigenous Worlds – Choreographies of Relation Shea Murphy Paperback

Dancing Indigenous WorldsChoreographies of Relation\nAuthor(s): Jacqueline Shea Murphy\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517912680, 978-1517912680\nSynopsis\nThe vital role of dance in enacting the embodied experiences of Indigenous peoples\n\nIn Dancing Indigenous Worlds, Jacqueline Shea Murphy brings contemporary Indigenous dance makers into the spotlight, putting critical dance studies and Indigenous studies in conversation with one another in fresh and exciting new ways. Exploring Indigenous dance from North America and Aotearoa (New Zealand), she shows how dance artists communicate Indigenous ways of being, as well as generate a political force, engaging Indigenous understandings and histories.\n\nFollowing specific dance works over time, Shea Murphy interweaves analysis, personal narrative, and written contributions from multiple dance artists, demonstrating dances crucial work in as.