engleski

What is Folklore – French Quadrille, a Slovenian Idea, European Graduation Parade or Winning the Guinness World Record?

On the example of the graduation dance and the performance of the Quadrille in the context of the European Dance Parade under the umbrella of the Guiness World Records we could ask ourselves: Whose folklore is contemporary Quadrille and does any kind of borders exist ; how is it performed in a contemporary context ; who are the dance teachers ; are the graduation students the bearers of this tradition ; why and how does the dance of French and European aristocracy from the middle or from the end of 19th century become popular among the graduation students in 21st century ; what makes it attractive and interesting to students and teachers ; what strategies do they use in teaching or learning processes ; how could local or individual interests become visible and how does the intellectual property become important ; how this relations effect on a broader regional context ; or how the Quadrille Dance Parade became the European Quadrille Dance Festival? Ethnographic fieldwork together with archival and media analysis will try to find answers about this contemporary European dance and social phenomenon.

folklore, graduation parade, Quadrille, Guinness record

nije evidentirano