Masculinity, Intersectionality and Identity: Why Boys (Don't) Dance

CONTENTS

1 Introduction

Beccy Watson, Doug Risner, and Sukina Khan

Part I Education Schooling Masculinity in Dance Education and Training

2 Understanding the Community College Male Dance Experience

Valerie Alpert

3 Generalist Elementary Male Teachers Advocating for Dance and Male Dancers

Peter Cook

4 Listening to Why Boys (Don't) Dance: Creating Inclusive Dance Experiences for Boys

Helen Keane

5 Boys and Men Negotiating Dance, Masculinity, and Sexuality

Andria Christofidou

Part II Culture Gendering Dance Participation, Performance, and Pedagogy

6 Parental Perspectives on Their Sons' Motivations to Dance

Lucie Clements and Helen Clegg

7 Masculinities and Performativities in Native American Dance

Robin Prichard

8 Dancing Between Queer Failure and Participatory Pedagogy

Hamish McIntosh and Ralph Buck

9 How Do Dance Organizations Market Dancing to Boys and Men?

Craig Owen and Vicki Harman

10 Fear, Coping, and Peer Support in Male Dance Students' Reflections

Kai Lehikoinen and Isto Turpeinen

Part III Identity Moving Identities in Dancing Bodies

11 A Course on Movement Enhancement Skills for Men

12 Black Bodies Dancing Defiance: Deez Nuts!

C. Kemal Nance

13 Pink Feathers: The Ballet Closet and Three Gay Remakes of Swan Lake

Joseph Mercier

14 Hypermasculinity Makes the Queer Boy Faint

Anthony Alterio

15 Dancing a Love/Hate Relationship: A Case Study on Lingering Aspirations

Doug Risner and Hannah Andersen

Afterword Jennifer McNamara

Index