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Transitional Significance of Dance Development in Taiwan in the Post-martial Law Period (1987 ~ 2000)

Tai JuanAnn 1

1Department of Dance, Tainan University of Technology

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ABSTRACT

Dance development in Taiwan has gone through several stages in the twentieth century. This study examines the major social changes that have affected dance development in Taiwan in the early decades of the post-martial law period. It focuses on the multi-directional development of dance due to the social transformation after the abolition of martial law. Special attention is placed on changes derived from foreign influence and government policies that have affected the function of dance afterwards. The discussions demonstrates how the habitus has changed in the dance field and why dance artists and educators exercised their agency to adjust to these changes. The purpose of this study is to illuminate ow certain aspects of dance development in Taiwan have been affected by the changes.

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