Collaborative Intimacies in Music and Dance: Anthropologies of Sound and Movement(10 Dance and Performance Studies)

Across spatial, bodily, and ethical domains, music and dance both emerge from and give rise to intimate collaboration. This theoretically rich collection takes an ethnographic approach to understanding the collective dimension of sound and movement in everyday life, drawing on genres and practices in contexts as diverse as Japanese shakuhachi playing, Peruvian huayno, and the Greek goth scene. Highlighting the sheer physicality of the ethnographic encounter, as well as the forms of sociality that gradually emerge between self and other, each contribution demonstrates how dance and music open up pathways and give shape to life trajectories that are neither predetermined nor teleological, but generative.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction: Collaborative Intimacies Evangelos Chrysagis and Panas Karampampas PART I: SOUND, MEANING AND SELF-AWARENESS Chapter 1. Being in Sound: Reflections on Recording while Practicing Aikido and Shakuhachi Tamara Kohn and Richard Chenhall Chapter 2. Performing and Narrating Selves in and through Classical Music: Being ‘Japanese’ and Being a Professional Musician in London Yuki Imoto PART II: PEDAGOGIES OF BODILY MOVEMENT Chapter 3. Kinaesthetic Intimacy in a Choreographic Practice Brenda Farnell and Robert N. Wood Chapter 4. The Presentation of Self in Participatory Dance Settings: Data Collecting with Erving Goffman Bethany Whiteside PART III: MUSIC PRACTICES AND ETHICAL SELFHOOD Chapter 5. The Animador as Ethical Mediator:  Stage Talk and Subject Formation at Peruvian Huayno Music Spectacles James Butterworth Chapter 6. A Sense of Togetherness: Music Promotion and Ethics in Glasgow Evangelos Chrysagis PART IV: BODIES DANCING IN TIME AND ACROSS SPACE Chapter 7. Rumba: Heritage, Tourism and the ‘Authentic’ Afro-Cuban Experience Ruxandra Ana Chapter 8. Cinematic Dance as a Local Critical Commentary on the ‘Economic Crisis’: Exploring Dance in Korydallos, Attica, Greece Mimina Pateraki PART V: MOTION, IRONY AND THE MAKING OF LIFEWORLDS Chapter 9. Performing Irony on the Dance Floor: The Many Faces of Goth Irony in the Athenian Goth Scene Panas Karampampas Chapter 10. The Intoxicating Intimacy of Drum Strokes, Sung Verses and Dancing Steps in the All-Night Ceremonies of Ambonwari (Papua New Guinea) Borut Telban Index

About the Author :
Evangelos Chrysagis holds a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Edinburgh. His doctoral research explored the intersection of ‘Do-it-Yourself’ (DiY) music practices and ethics in Glasgow. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Cultural Economy and Visual Culture in Britain. Evangelos serves as associate editor of the open-access journal Arts & International Affairs, and his current research focuses on manifestos in contemporary cultural production.

Review :
“The book chapters demonstrate rich ethnographic and disciplinary diversity.” • Social Anthropology “Collaborative Intimacies in Music and Dance is an innovative collection of sound and movement anthropologies. These interdisciplinary texts employ the timely and sharp lens of critical studies while engaging with post-colonial cultural studies. A vital, exemplary collection of ethnographic writing.” • Dena Davida, Université du Québec à Montréal “An absolutely fascinating collection. The diverse case studies in this book wonderfully explore the contrasts between different cultural attitudes toward the practices of music-making and dance.” • Yvon Bonenfant, University of Winchester