Between Art of Movement and Science of Body: Short History of Anthropology of Dance Cover Image

Између уметности покрета и науке о телу: кратка историја антропологије плеса
Between Art of Movement and Science of Body: Short History of Anthropology of Dance

Author(s): Dunja Njaradi
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: dance anthropology; history of discipline; dance research methodology

Summary/Abstract: The paper charts the development of dance anthropology from the beginner’s fascination with body techniques through the first scientific explanations of dance. The paper highlights the fact that the development of this branch of anthropology has been burdened with epistemological uncertainties and dilemmas. Hence, we could hardly talk about a consistent sub-discipline when looking at the approaches to dance in anthropology, but we always talk about mushrooming and interconnected traditions. Finaly, the paper will introduce two current and conflicting approaches to dance, textual and kinaesthetic, which open up old questions and dilemmas but which offer fresh perspectives as well.

  • Issue Year: LXIV/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 323-337
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian