Inter-Asia in Motion

<p>This book explores dance and choreography as sites for the articulation of new theoretical and historical paradigms in inter-Asia cultural studies.</p><p>The chapters in this volume cover a wide range of dance works artists genres and media from Kathak to K-pop flash mob dance from Cold War diplomacy to avant-garde dance collaborations and from festival dance to dance on screen. Working against the Western-centric category of “Asian dance” and Western-centric theorizations of intercultural performance that foreground “East-West” relationships each contribution shows how dances in Asia make one another as their key aesthetic references beyond Eurocentric influences as well as how inter-Asia relations emerge from cultural geographical and aesthetic diversity within the region. This book is the first of its kind in both cultural studies and dance studies. It will contribute greatly to readers’ understanding of how performance shapes and transforms the cultural and political dynamics of inter-Asia with a focus on dance circulations in and across East South and Southeast Asia.</p><p><i>Inter-Asia in Motion: Dance as Method </i>will be a key resource for academics researchers and advanced students of Dance Studies Performance Studies Cultural Studies Asian Studies International Relations and Politics History and Sociology. The chapters included in this book were originally published in <i>Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.</i></p>