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1. Introduction

Chapter of: The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition(pp. 5–18)

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Title1. Introduction
ContributorPetri Hoppu(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0314.01
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0314/chapters/10.11647/obp.0314.01
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightPetri Hoppu
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-04-25
Long abstractThe chapter introduces the position of the minuet in European cultural history. It addresses the discourses surrounding it as well as its specific symbolic character that makes it appear in different contexts: from dance and music to pedagogy, world politics, and medical research. A particular attention is paid to the minuet as a part of Nordic dance cultures. The chapter also presents the content of the book.
Page rangepp. 5–18
Print length14 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Contributors

Petri Hoppu

(author)
Principal Lecturer at the Department of Media and Performing Arts at Oulu University of Applied Sciences
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6394-5210

Petri Hoppu PhD studied ethnomusicology at the University of Tampere, Finland, and graduated in 1995. He continued his studies in Tampere and wrote his doctoral thesis (1999) on the minuet in Finland. Today he is a Principal Lecturer at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor (Docent) in dance studies at Tampere University. His areas of expertise include theory and methodology in dance anthropology as well as research of Skolt Saami dances, Finnish-Karelian vernacular dances and Nordic folk dance revitalization. He has been a project manager of several research projects, including Dance in Nordic Spaces (2007–2012) and KanTaMus (developing common pedagogy for folk dance and music, 2021–2023). He has written several peer-reviewed articles and co-edited the book Nordic Dance Spaces: Practicing and Imagining a Region (2014) with professor Karen Vedel and Dance Research Journal 52 (1) Special Issue In and Out of Norden - Dance and the Migratory Condition (2020) with professor Inger Damsholt. He has been the editor of the only annual Nordic folk dance research journal, Folkdansforksning i Norden, since 2002. He has been on boards of international dance scholars’ associations and giving lectures at universities in Europe and the US.

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