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Perceptions of the staged folk dance practice in Croatia

Folk dance production at the stage in Croatia has never been considered as a revival. At this point this discussion should not be a part of this panel but as the participants are always invoking past dancing through the paradigm of showing old, domestic and local tradition, discussion fits into proposed cross- cultural comparison. The concept of revival got some other connotations in our social and political context after the last war 1991/92. From time when it started in 1920s and 1930s public practice of folk music and dance was a part of political program of the Croatian Peasant Party. Political ("national") orientation focused on local, regional, and ethnic/national identity in dance was always important especially when social and ideological circumstances changed. Following these changes up until today the author analyses and puts together emic and etic dimensions and views of participants in processes and interpret them from the other proposed discourses – "recreational" and "spectacular" performing orientations. The relation between individual and collective production is also explored. The author also tries to find out how much does the text reflect the "real" situation in the field. The text is a part of a panel discussion “Diverse fields to text: revival case studies” together with texts by Egil Bakka (Norway), Stephanie Smith (United States), Mats Nilsson (Sweden), Marie-Pierre Gibert (France) and Andriy Nahachewsky (Canada).

folk dance; stage; revival; Croatia

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