This international collection on dance ethnography - the first of its kind - comprises original contributions on fieldwork in dance and human movement. Based on extensive fieldwork experience, it explores the major theoretical approaches, methods and concerns of dance and movement research from anthropological and ethnochoreological perspectives. The result underlines the existing and continuing growth in dance ethnography which will also be of interest to those in dance studies, anthropology, cultural studies, folklore, ethnomusicology and sociology.

Fast developing new area of studyUnique international collection of specially commissioned articles on dance ethnographyEmpirical examination of dance practices in Europe, North America, Polynesia, Tonga, Indonesia, Asia, Africa and AustraliaUnderlines the significant cross-disciplinary contribution dance scholars can make to current debate on ethnography

List of Plates Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Reflecting on Dance Ethnography; T.J.Buckland PART ONE: THEORETICAL DIMENSIONS The Mystique of Fieldwork; A.L.Kaeppler Fieldwork; D.Williams Past and Present in Field Research: A Critical History of Personal Experience; A.Giurchescu Folk Dance Research in Hungary: Relations Between Theory, Fieldwork and the Archive; L.Felföldi 'Or Shortly They Would Be Lost Forever': Documenting for Revival and Research; E.Bakka PART TWO: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES Capturing the Dancing: How and Why?; J.van Zile The Choreographic Notebook : A Dynamic Documentation of the Choreographic Process of Kokuma Dance Theatre, an African-Caribbean Dance Company; E.J.Johnson Jones Dance on Film: Strategy and Serendipity; F.Hughes-Freeland Madness and Recall: Storied Data on Irish Dancing; F.Hall It Takes Two - or More - to Tango: Researching Traditional Music/Dance Interrelations; O.Ronström It Goes Without Saying - But Not Always; B.Farnell PART THREE: POLITICS AND POWER Fieldwork, Politics and Power; A.Grau Searching for Branches, Searching for Roots: Fieldwork in my Grandfather's Village; A.Nahachewsky 'Outsider' in an 'Inside' World, or Dance Ethnography at Home; M.Koutsouba [Re]Constructing Meanings: The Dance Ethnographer as Keeper of the Truth; T.J.Buckland Textual Fields: Representation in Dance Ethnography; G.Gore Index