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Dance And Cultural Identity: The Role Of Israeli Folk Dance And The State Of Israel

Schmidt, Amy Esther
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213619443

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2008, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Dance.
As a Master of Fine Arts candidate in Directing from Score, I staged Fred Berk's Holiday in Israel from Labanotation score and combined my studio process and research interests. In this qualitative inquiry, I collected interview and questionnaire data investigating the perception of the role of folk dance in cultural identity. This research examines the role of Israeli folk dance in the cultural identity of Jewish and non-Jewish populations in New York City and Columbus, Ohio, who have chosen to participate in recreational Israeli and international folk dance sessions. I hoped to understand how their participation impacts their perception and understanding of the State of Israel and Israelis and Jews living in America. Observation, participation, personal interview, and scholarly reading was utilized to examine modern Israeli folk dance and the circumstances of its inception and dissemination through the lenses of the arts, Eric Hobsbawm's "invented tradition," and cultural identity.
Sheila J. Marion (Committee Chair)
Valarie Williams Mockabee (Committee Member)
156 p.
Dance; Judaic Studies
Israel; dance; Israeli folk dance; folk dance; Holiday In Israel; Fred Berk; cultural identity; 92 Street Y; YMHA-YMWA; Hillel; Columbus Ohio; Ruth Goodman; Mim Chenfeld; Lucy Venable; Jews; Jewish; Muscular Jew; Muscular Judaism; salenu; broiges

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  • Schmidt, A. E. (2008). Dance And Cultural Identity: The Role Of Israeli Folk Dance And The State Of Israel [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213619443

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Schmidt, Amy. Dance And Cultural Identity: The Role Of Israeli Folk Dance And The State Of Israel. 2008. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213619443.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Schmidt, Amy. "Dance And Cultural Identity: The Role Of Israeli Folk Dance And The State Of Israel." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1213619443

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