Ethno Identity Dance for Sex, Fun and Profit: Staging by Anthony Shay

By Anthony Shay

People world wide dance conventional and renowned dances that have
been staged for reasons of representing particular nationwide and ethnic groups.
Anthony Shay indicates those staged dance productions be referred to as “ethno identity
dances”, specifically to interchange the time period “folk dance,” which Shay suggests
should seek advice from the conventional dances present in village settings as an organic
part of village and tribal lifestyles. Shay investigates the various explanations that impel
people to bop in those staged productions: dancing for intercourse or dancing sexy
dances, dancing for enjoyable and game, dancing for revenue - equivalent to dancing
for travelers - dancing for the kingdom or to illustrate ethnic satisfaction. In this
study Shay additionally examines stomach dance, Zorba Dancing in Greek nightclubs and
restaurants, Tango, Hula, Irish step dancing, and Ukrainian dancing.

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