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Dancing at the Crossroads: Memory and Mobility in Ireland

by Helena Wulff

Irish dance at a cultural crossroads

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Irish dance at a cultural crossroads

Helena Wulff uses the history of rural crossroads dancing—including its prohibition under the Public Dance Halls Act of 1935—as a frame for considering dance and Irish identity. The discussion spans commercial performance, competitive dancing, and dance theatre, placing these forms in relation to Irish tradition and contemporary European culture. The crossroads serves both as a historical setting for social dancing and as a metaphor for Ireland’s changing cultural position.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in Irish culture and identity
  • For those exploring folk dance, competitive dance, or dance theatre
  • For readers interested in the relationship between tradition and modernity

Themes

Irish cultural identityDance and social lifeTradition and modernityCultural mobility

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Book overview

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.

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