Community Performance

A Comparative Study of Community Dance Management Models in Australia and China—Beijing and Tasmania as an Example

“…Globally, different communities have diversified means of socializing, which applies to the community dances (Rowe, Buck & Martin, 2015). Community dance is a practice where professional dancers engage with different communities in society to develop dancing performances (Kuppers, 2019). Community dance plays a critical role in allowing the community members to express themselves by engaging their bodies in artistic means (Yang, 2018).…”

“…Globally, community dances have been used as platforms to support the cultural and artistic appeals, and the participants have appreciated their value (Kuppers, 2019). The concept of community dance was invented in the mid-1970s and 1980s in the United States and has since grown spontaneously in all directions across the globe (Amans, 2017).…”

“…In addition, Tasmania has also made ground shaking advancements in engaging the community dance. For instance, Tasmania Regional Arts (TRA), which has partnered with Mature Artists Dance Experience (MADE), are the leading dance project as far as community dance is concerned (Kuppers, 2019). This project is undertaken across three regions of Tasmania: South, North West and North East.…”

“…When considering the role of community dance in the development of contemporary conditions at world, it can be concluded that it has tremendously aided and supported the development of communities through those community dances. First and foremost, this has enormously aided in forming morality and other beautiful teachings in the society that are not available to specific individuals or can only be comprehended via those dances (Kuppers, 2019). These dances have also helped people in memory formation, allowing community members to recollect all of the teachings and lessons addressed by the community dances (Chen, 2018).…”