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The first comprehensive work in English on the three major regional styles of Uzbek women's dance –
Ferghana, Khiva and Bukhara – and their broader Silk Road cultural connections, from folklore roots
to contemporary stage dance.
The book surveys the remarkable development from the earliest manifestations in ancient civilizations
to a sequestered existence under Islam; from patronage under Soviet power to a place of pride for Uzbek nationhood.
It considers the role that immigration had to play on the development of the dances; how women boldly challenged societal gender roles to perform in public; how both material culture and the natural world manifest in the dance; and it illuminates the innovations of pioneering choreographers who drew from Central Asian folk traditions, gestures and aesthetics – not Russian ballet – to first shape modern Uzbek stage dance.
Written by the first American dancer invited to study in Uzbekistan, this book offers insight into the once-hidden world of Uzbek women's dance.
Published | Apr 18 2024 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 272 |
ISBN | 9781350249479 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Illustrations | 11 bw illus |
Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
Series | Dance in the 21st Century |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Author, Laurel Victoria Gray, through her ground-breaking book, Women's Dance Traditions of Uzbekistan, reveals a comprehensive and fearless probe into the little-known passion and courage of women of Uzbekistan. Gray, a brilliant teacher, colleague and world-class cultural scholar at George Washington University, Washington, DC, delivers enormous insight into the often closed-door worlds of women along the Silk Road.
Maida Withers, Professor of Dance, George Washington University, USA
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