This volume looks at how cultures use dance as a visual representation of their identity, and how "traditional" dances change. It discusses several "parallel layers" of dance: dances performed at intra-cultural social occasions, dances used for representation or presentation, and folk dance performances.

Jumping on the banda wagon -- Music and meaning on the border -- Quebradita dancing -- Quebradita in Los Angeles -- Quebradita in Tucson -- Pasito duranguense -- Postscript.

Considers the transnational connections and afterlives of Weimar-era dance, including historicizing the post-World War II usage of Ausdruckstanz

A look at dance in Chile from 1940-1980.

A critical edition of the single most important source of the French basse danse. It provides amended choreographies and music for all the dances, including the choreographies of some not previously included in collections

This collection of essays address the ways in which ethnic and national identity constitutes an important aspect of the performance of Balkan dance. Several essays examine the popularity that Balkan dances and music have found among American audiences.