World Dance Heritage
Research, training, tourism, interviews and more on Dance Heritage. Read the research on Dance as a Form of Living Cultural HeritageWelcome to World Dance Heritage, with research, culture, lessons, teaching, and customs of dance. This site is about promoting and celebrating all dance forms and its protection and promotion from all over the world. The heritage section covers research on all aspects of dance heritage and the cultural dimensions of dance, including on the issues, debates, and questions about dance genres as forms of cultural heritage of humanity Including the transmission of dance and the Authenticity of dance). For tourist boards, dance can also be an important way of providing a memorable and positive visitor experience and we work with Tourism Boards to promote dance heritage and traditions. We also providing teaching and training online in dance, heritage, tourism via online teaching to students around the world.
Dance Heritage & Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Research
Dance Research Reflexivity (4.7)
Research Reflexivity Reflexivity is defined by Gratton and Jones (2004, p. 186) as: A process whereby the effect of the researcher, and their own characteristics, background, values, attitudes and so on, upon the subject matter is taken account of.Gratton and Jones...
Tahia Carioca Bint al Balad Laban Movements Analysis (5.3.1)
Who is Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca’s name (in Arabic: كاريوكا تحية) can be transliterated in many different ways, including Taheyya Kariokka or Tahiya Karioka. In my writing, I will use Tahia Carioca, while in the quotations from other sources I will use whatever...
USA and the History of Raqs Sharqi Belly Dance from the 1960s (5.4.1. Continued)
Vaudeville, Danse du Ventre (Dance of the Stomach) to Chicago The time in which bellydance started to become popular and to be taught in the USA, in the 1960s, is crucial for the transmission of Raqs sharqi on a global scale. Although Raqs sharqi in the USA was and...
Tourism Boards and Using Traditional Dance for Place-making
Morris Dance – Traditional English Folk Dance and Heritage
First Experience of Morris Dancing I love traveling, experiencing different cultures and in particular watching local dance performances. Last year I went to see the World Conker Championships (held annually each October) in a quaint countryside location,...
Using Dance Heritage for the Tourism Experience in Airports
Hula dance is well-known worldwide and plays a valuable role in tourism to Hawaii. We look at how Hawaiian dance influences tourism and tourist visitors to the islands.
What is Moroccan Shikhat – Dance Heritage
Following a series of workshops in Morocco with the UK based Moroccan dancer Nawarra, I have become aware of a genre of Moroccan dance, the performers of which are called shikhat (singular shikha) and learning about shikhat has inspired me to write this post! Nawarra,...
Articles on Dance Heritage
Tahia Carioca Bint al Balad Laban Movements Analysis (5.3.1)
Who is Tahia Carioca Tahia Carioca’s name (in Arabic: كاريوكا تحية) can be transliterated in many different ways, including Taheyya Kariokka or Tahiya Karioka. In my writing, I will use Tahia Carioca, while in the quotations from other sources I will use whatever...
Morris Dance – Traditional English Folk Dance and Heritage
First Experience of Morris Dancing I love traveling, experiencing different cultures and in particular watching local dance performances. Last year I went to see the World Conker Championships (held annually each October) in a quaint countryside location,...
USA and the History of Raqs Sharqi Belly Dance from the 1960s (5.4.1. Continued)
Vaudeville, Danse du Ventre (Dance of the Stomach) to Chicago The time in which bellydance started to become popular and to be taught in the USA, in the 1960s, is crucial for the transmission of Raqs sharqi on a global scale. Although Raqs sharqi in the USA was and...
Books on Dance
Belly Dance Around the World by Caitlin E. McDonald – Book Review
Read the review of the ‘Belly dance around the world’ book by Caitlin E. McDonald.
You Asked Aunt Rocky – BellyDance Book Review
Morocco aka Aunt Rocky has written a couple of books on belly dance and this is the latest dance book I read and here’s the review.
Becoming a Belly Dancer – Book Review
Latest book review as I read and review Becoming a Belly Dancer by Sara Shrapnell.
Dr Valeria Lo Iacono (Symonds)
Owner
Hi. I am the owner of World Dance heritage and I completed a Ph.D. in dance as a form of in cultural tangible heritage. I also have worked as a lecturer of sociology, and physical movement, in the University of Bath (England), and Cardiff Metropolitan University (Wales). Valeria also provides online teaching in dance studies, and heritage studies. Learn more about Dr Valeria Lo Iacono
