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    ‘It has really amazed me what my body can now do’: boundary work and the construction of a body-positive dance community

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    Authors
    Hill, Joanne
    Sandford, Rachel
    Enright, Eimear
    Issue Date
    2015-08-18
    Subjects
    dance
    bodies
    gender
    W500 Dance
    
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    Abstract
    Boundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied identity does not ‘fit’. Normative boundaries are particularly marked in codified forms of dance such as ballet. Moves towards body positivity aim to challenge these normative boundaries by redefining what dancers’ bodies can look like and how they should move. This paper stems from an appreciative inquiry undertaken with one such project, a gender-neutral, LGBTQ-friendly adult ballet school in the UK; a subcultural context that marks itself as distinct from broader cultures of dance. Interviews with learners are analysed through a Bourdieuian lens to explore the construction and maintenance of a body-positive subculture. Findings suggest that boundaries of ability were crossed, with celebration of all bodies’ capabilities, and boundaries of normative gender expression were transformed through a commitment to gender-neutrality and LGBTQ-friendly behaviours. However, boundaries around technical and aesthetic norms, while shifted or challenged, ultimately remained in place.
    Citation
    Hill J, Sandford R, Enright E (2016) '‘It has really amazed me what my body can now do’: boundary work and the construction of a body-positive dance community', Sport in Society, 19 (5), pp.667-679.
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis
    Journal
    Sport in Society
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/622329
    DOI
    10.1080/17430437.2015.1073946
    Additional Links
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17430437.2015.1073946
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1743-0437
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/17430437.2015.1073946
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