'Dancing the Transcultural Across the South'

Abstract

In 'Dancing the transcultural across the South', Fensham and Kelada argue for the importance of incorporating the contribution of Dance Studies when examining the complex 'entanglements' of migration, interculturalism and globalisation. The article locates dancing within current intercultural debates, in particular utilising the idea of transculturalism to inform a concept of 'trans/dans', and foreground movement as localised expression. Culturally specific readings of dance as the articulation of moving bodies and site for experiential and artistic expression, can speak to the intricacies of social and political mobility. Embodiment is posited as central to examining how dance expands under..