(Re)Positioning Site Dance

"[Barbour, Hunter, and Kloetzel] have pooled their estimable talents as writers and their vast knowledge of site dance into this valuable examination of, to paraphrase the subtitle, local acts reflecting global perspectives in dance. The authors bear witness to performers who emphasize complex interactions of citizens, dancer, and place. Viewing their subject through the prism of site dance techniques in three regions (Europe, North America, and the Oceania-Pacific), the authors examine cultural, political, ecological, and economic issues faced by citizens of those areas. The useful introduction will provide clarity even for those with little familiarity with site dance and its issues. The contents are divided into three sections—"Historical Lineages and Contemporary Concerns," "Practice into Theory," and "Moving towards the Global"—each of which comprises three chapters, one by each author. The text is well written and well researched, and the authors include evocative images that inspire deeper appreciation of the form. Readers interested in dance's engagement in community will find many rewards in this volume. . . . Recommended."