Embodied Nostalgia: Early Twentieth Century Social Dance and the Choreographing of Broadway Musical Theatre

Embodied Nostalgia is a collection of interlocking case studies that focus on how social dance in musical theatre brings forth the dancer on stage as a site of embodied history, cultural memory, and nostalgia, and asks what social dance is doing performatively, dramaturgically, and critically in musical theatre.

Author: Phoebe Rumsey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/11/2023
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d
ISBN13: 9780367757199
ISBN10: 0367757192
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Dance | History & Criticism
- Music | Genres & Styles | Musicals
- Art | Popular Culture

About the Author

Phoebe Rumsey is a Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre at the University of Portsmouth in the UK. She received her PhD from The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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