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 PhD Thesis Structure and Planning (1.3)
Dance PhD structure and planning using sociology, ethnochoreology & dance studies. Literature review, methodology, results, discussion and conclusions.
Rationale for Investigating Egyptian Raqs Sharqi (1.2)
Rationale for investigating Egyptian Raqs Sharqi. ICH, transculturality, global dance and stigma. Global Dimension of Dance and its transmission practice.
Study Framework for Researching Dance Heritage
Dance research framework. Concept map; ethnochoreology; UNESCO definition of traditions, practices and performing arts; sociology and dance studies.
Everything Dance
The Need for a Fluid and Holistic Model of Dance/Heritage Emerges
The Missing Dance/Heritage Model The picture delineated by this literature review on dance/heritage is complex, thus the need for a fluid and holistic model of dance/heritage emerges. The inspiration for my research is the 2003 UNESCO Convention on ICH, so this ICH...
Cultural, Political, Economic, and Tourism Uses of Dance Heritage (2.8)
The Concept of 'Uses of Heritage' As discussed in 2.4 (on the transmission of dance), heritage uses elements from the past for the benefit of people in the present. This is connected to Smith’s (2006) idea of ‘uses of heritage’. As Smith argues (2012, p. 69), ‘it is...
Identity and Cultural Heritage (2.7)
Heritage Identity and Continuity The theme of identity is recurrent in cultural heritage discourse. It is mentioned in the 2003 UNESCO definition, which states that ICH provides people with ‘a sense of identity and continuity’ (UNESCO, 2003, p. 2). A sense of identity...
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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
