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From Ballroom to DanceSport : Aesthetics, Athletics, and Body Culture.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: SUNY Series in Communication StudiesPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (180 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780791482414
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: From Ballroom to DanceSportDDC classification:
  • 793.38
LOC classification:
  • GV1746 .P53 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- From Ballroom to DanceSport -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Contested Landscape of Ballroom Dance -- 2. Dancing through Different Worlds -- 3. Ballroom Dance and the Movies -- 4. Paving the Road to the Olympics -- 5. Packaging Fantasy and Morality -- 6. Quo Vadis? -- Ballroom-Dance-Related Organizations -- Appendix: Filmography of Selected DanceSport and Ballroom Films -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: An insider explores the transformation of ballroom dance into an Olympic sport.
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Intro -- From Ballroom to DanceSport -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Contested Landscape of Ballroom Dance -- 2. Dancing through Different Worlds -- 3. Ballroom Dance and the Movies -- 4. Paving the Road to the Olympics -- 5. Packaging Fantasy and Morality -- 6. Quo Vadis? -- Ballroom-Dance-Related Organizations -- Appendix: Filmography of Selected DanceSport and Ballroom Films -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

An insider explores the transformation of ballroom dance into an Olympic sport.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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