Landscape in establishing birth control and family planning as legitimate fields This study follows the path of a set of women doctorsĪs they made their way through the predominantly male-dominated medical
Production and circulation of contraceptive knowledge and the handling of sexualĭisorders between the 1920s and 1970s at the transnational level, taking FranceĪs a point of comparison. Women’s medicine explores the key role played by British female doctors in the Focusing on the figure of the dance hostess and her role in Shanghai’s social world of dancing, it discusses couple dancing’s position between prostitution, stardom and romantic love and asks how their presence affected social relations in dance venues. The third part traces the rise of taxi-dancing in the city. The second part follows this trend to the late 1920s and presents factors that helped make couple dancing attractive to Chinese patrons, who at first had to overcome strong reservations against couple dancing. This chapter examines the following questions: 1) To what extent did dance halls in Shanghai serve as platforms for modern romantic encounters and courtship rituals among their customers? 2) Did dance establishments in Shanghai encourage and facilitate meaningful social and cultural interactions across racial, ethnic, class and national boundaries? 3) How did the ubiquitous presence of Chinese hostesses in the city’s dance halls influence and shape patterns of courtship and romantic and/or sexual encounters between men and women in the city? The chapter begins by examining the origins of couple dancing in Shanghai and shows how fashionable dances were taken up soon after their launch abroad by foreign settlers in the city and how ‘localised‘ jazz music began to attract Chinese patrons to western-style dance halls. But when his dance tickets run out, she is left with a harsh choice - for when the dancing stops, this man will die. Honolulu, 1945: A proud Hawaiian singer dances with a returned US Soldier and debates the dignity of the American dream. Many of the city’s ballrooms and nightclubs featured dance hostesses or taxi-dancers, and by the late 1930s most of the young women working in this profession were Chinese. Showing all 1 items Jump to: Summaries (1) Summaries. 2016 Tanzhaus-Zürich (CH)Ģ Nov.- 12 Nov.The 1920s and 1920s witnessed the rise of a dance industry in Shanghai.
2016 Théâtre de Vidy-Lausanne (CH)Ġ8-09 June 2016 Rencontres chorégraphiques internationales de Seine-St.-Denis (FR)ģ0 Sept. 2016 Théâtre de Vidy-LausanneĢ0 May.-29 May. He created a swing band in the early 1930s that was a favorite of many dancers read more.
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With the support of Ville de Genève, Loterie Romande, Pro Helvetia Fondation Suisse pour la Culture, Migros pourcent culturel, Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fonds de dotation Porosus, Fondation Leenaards, Fondation Ernst Göhner, Stanley Thomas Johnson, Fondation Suisse des Artistes Interprètes, de la Corodis. William Count Basie (see Count Basie) (1904 - 1984) was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, and bandleader. In coproduction with adc / association pour la danse contemporaine (Genève), Théâtre de Vidy (Lausanne), Tanzhaus (Zürich) Residencies VIADANSE Centre chorégraphique national de Franche-Comté Belfort, Tanzhaus Zürich, adc Genève Production MadMoiselle MCH Association-Genève Original Music & orchestration of existing music Clive Jenkins Artistic direction, Concept, Choreography Marie-Caroline HominalĬreated and performed with Ivan Blagacjevic, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Teresa Vittucci