TY - JOUR
T1 - Performing whiteness on the competition stage
T2 - ‘I dance all styles’
AU - Schupp, Karen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/3
Y1 - 2020/5/3
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Dance competition culture
KW - critical race theory
KW - dance education
KW - white privilege
KW - white supremacy
KW - whiteness
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U2 - 10.1080/14647893.2020.1798395
DO - 10.1080/14647893.2020.1798395
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088819438
SN - 1464-7893
VL - 21
SP - 209
EP - 224
JO - Research in Dance Education
JF - Research in Dance Education
IS - 2
ER -