Dancing At the Crossroads : : Memory and Mobility in Ireland / / Helena Wulff.

• VerfasserIn: Wulff, Helena,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Dance and Performance Studies ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1 Into the Rhythm of the Dance --; Chapter 2 Tradition Reinvented --; Chapter 3 Memories in Motion --; Chapter 4 The Link to the Land --; Chapter 5 Storytelling Dance --; Chapter 6 Winning the World’s --; Chapter 7 The Riverdance Moment --; Chapter 8 Rooted Cosmopolitanism --; Afterword Yo-yo Fieldwork --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780857454348
• DOI: 10.1515/9780857454348
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Helena Wulff.

Dancing at the crossroads used to be young people's opportunity to meet and enjoy themselves on mild summer evenings in the countryside in Ireland until this practice was banned by law, the Public Dance Halls Act in 1935. Now a key metaphor in Irish cultural and political life, "dancing at the crossroads" also crystallizes the argument of this book: Irish dance, from Riverdance (the commercial show) and competitive dancing to dance theatre, conveys that Ireland is to be found in a crossroads situation with a firm base in a distinctly Irish tradition which is also becoming a prominent part of European modernity.