Tourism and Traditional Dance
Traditional dance often plays a very valuable role in tourism in many islands, cities, countries and locations. As we seek unique experiences as we travel, the opportunity to see a traditional form of dance in the place we are visiting (whether truly authentic or not) provides a real opportunity to generate tourism income as a location, by providing a positive and enjoyable user experience. In this section you can find a range of articles on the use of dance heritage and tourism. If you are a tourism board who would like to highlight your dance heritage you can contact me.
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.
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,...
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,...
Travelling for Dance Training and Discovery
Dancers in Egypt. Belly Dancing in Northern Africa As a belly dancer, I like traveling to the countries of origin of the Middle Eastern and Northern African dances that gave birth to what many people today know as belly dance. I like doing this in order to rediscover...