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Dance and the Concept of Style

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2019

Adrienne L. Kaeppler
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The use of the term “style” in relation to dance is a term we all use, but seldom explore its myriad meanings and implications. In this paper I will attempt to clarify my own usage of the term and how it relates to other terms, such as dance, form, and structure. These slippery terms are used by all of us, as if we agree on what they mean. Here, I want to explore what they might, or could, mean.

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Yearbook for Traditional Music , Volume 33 , 2001 , pp. 49 - 64
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Copyright © 2001 by the International Council for Traditional Music

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