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Publication Date: 2020
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Performing Whiteness on the Competition Stage: 'I Dance All Styles'
Research in Dance Education, v21 n2 p209-224 2020
This article seeks to reveal and problematize the multi-layered construction of whiteness in dance competition culture by illuminating assumptions about technique embedded in 'all styles' competition dancers perform on stage. The phrase 'dance all styles' is a shorthand of sorts for those in dance competition culture, as what they really mean is they dance all styles represented in competition dance. In dance competition culture, technique is key in 'all dance styles,' and over time youth unknowingly come to equate the idea of technique with the attributes of ballet inherently reinforcing whiteness as normative. Policies and practices such as competition organizations' rules and regulations, judges' commentary, and choreographic content are examined in relation to critical race theory to demonstrate how whiteness, white privilege, and white supremacy are performed on the competition stage.
Descriptors: Dance Education, Competition, Whites, Racial Bias, Dance, Critical Theory, Race, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Disproportionate Representation, Power Structure, Racial Discrimination, Judges, Youth
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