I went on to create an indigenous theory of dance leadership: a constructive theory, in a nonpositivistic paradigm, with a visionary focus, formed by reflective synthesis, with an outcome lying toward reflective on the continuum between ...

Author: Jane M. Alexandre

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9781137575920

Category: Performing Arts

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This “what is”—rather than “how to”— volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by portraits of leaders in action in India, South Africa, UK, US, Brazil and Canada. What is dance leadership? Who practices it, in what setting, and why? Through performance, choreography, teaching, writing, organizing and directing, the dance leaders portrayed herein instigate change and forward movement. Illustrating all that is unique about leading in dance, and by extension the other arts, readers can engage with such wide-ranging issues as: Does the practice of leading require followers? How does one individual’s dance movement act on others in a group? What does ‘social engagement’ mean for artists? Is the pursuit of art and culture a human right?

While we might easily assume that this quotation came from an important leader or a best-selling book on leadership, in fact the quotation comes from an introductory text in dance! The dramatic similarity of those lessons being taught ...

Author: Janet V Denhardt

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317457602

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 177

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Most successful leaders know that leadership is an art, not a science. They recognize that beyond all the sophisticated systems and theories, the strategies and tactics, leadership is ultimately about intangible things such as timing, intuition, and passion This book shows how successful leaders can master the artistic aspects of their work. It guides readers to the ways that the leadership can be practiced and learned. "The Dance of Leadership" explores the art of leadership by examining the perspectives, training, and insights of artists, most particularly in the fields of music and dance. The authors look at how these people learn their craft, practice their skills, and attain mastery of their art. Then they adapt these lessons from the arts to the experiences of successful leaders in all fields. This book incorporates in-depth interviews with some of the world's premier artists and writers, as well as dozens of leader business, government, the military, and sports. The result is a book that celebrates the art of leadership - but an art that can learned, developed, and practiced.

Both authors have professional backgrounds in music, choral conducting, dance, and dance education, in addition to being leadership researchers and developers with particular expertise in art-based pedagogies.

Author: Donna Ladkin

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

ISBN: 9781784412890

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 385

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Academic literature has to a large extent ignored how leaders present themselves physically. This volume invites leadership scholars to inquire rigorously into the physical aspect of leading and leadership. By noticing and dwelling with the visible facets of leading, the book suggests new possibilities for how leadership can be created and studied.

5: The Dance of Leadership Each congregation had formal leadership roles, but all of the people within these faith communities had a part in the leadership dance: leadership was communal in nature. It was clear across the board that ...

Author: Craig Van Gelder

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

ISBN: 9780802864932

Category: Religion

Page: 249

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In this volume the third book in the Missional Church series eminent missional church expert Craig Van Gelder continues to track and contribute to the expanding missional church conversation, inviting today s brightest minds in the field to speak to key questions concerning church leadership.

Emerging themes from the New Meanings and Pathways: Community Dance and Dance Education Symposium in Beijing. Research in Dance Education, 16(2), 184À197. Said, E. (1993). Culture and imperialism. New York, NY: Vintage Books.

Author: Susan J. Erenrich

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

ISBN: 9781786356888

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 393

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This book explores the intersection of grassroots leadership and the arts for social change, examining the many movements and subsequent victories the arts community has won for society. The book illustrates the diverse but influential work of these figures, reflecting on their actions, commitments and their positive impact on the modern world.

(Koivunen & Wennes, 2011: 65) 1 Where do you think the 'leadership' exists in this case study of symphony orchestras? ... leadership. Where Koivunen and Wennes (2011) look at music, Arja Ropo and Erika Sauer (2008) look at dancing.

Author: Brigid Carroll

Publisher: SAGE

ISBN: 9781529783773

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 409

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Written by a team of international experts and taking a truly global approach, Leadership: Contemporary Critical Perspectives is the essential guide to key concepts and contemporary concerns in leadership studies. This third edition has been revised and expanded to improve accessibility to complex theory and add cutting-edge content, including: • Three new chapters on how leadership shapes the spaces we live and work in, leadership during crisis, and populism and conspiracy theories in leadership • A range of new case studies focussing on world-renowned leaders such as Greta Thunberg, Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump • An updated ‘Leadership on Screen’ feature that looks at examples of leadership in film and TV, including Parasite and Peaky Blinders This comprehensive yet engaging text is suitable for leadership students at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Instructors can visit the companion website to access valuable online resources, including PowerPoints for each chapter and carefully selected content from the SAGE Business Cases platform. Brigid Carroll is Professor in the Department of Management and International Business and holds the Fletcher Building Employee Educational Fund Chair in Leadership in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Jackie Ford is Professor of Leadership and Organization Studies at Durham University Business School, UK. Scott Taylor is an Associate Professor in Leadership and Organization Studies at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

The idea was to dance to a different rhythm even as everything else stayed the same. Change, we argued, had to begin with the school leader, not with teachers, parents, students, or communities. Participants were told to expect ...

Author: Greer Johnson

Publisher: Springer

ISBN: 9783319283029

Category: Education

Page: 430

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This book presents the outcomes of research and practical endeavour in some of the diverse contexts in which learning takes place: classrooms, schools, professional development settings, community projects and service sector agencies. It invites the reader to engage with two related questions of contemporary concern in the leadership field: "What can we learn about the important influence of different contexts on leadership practice and how are people brought together as collective human agents in different patterns of distributive leadership?" In doing so, this collection emphasises three of the critical concepts at play when leadership is viewed, not as position, but as activity. The three concepts are purpose, context and human agency. When this view of leadership is understood, it is always about achieving shared goals with people power, no matter the circumstances in which they are gathered together.

The fresco gives us a picture of the place the circle dance has had throughout Africa's long history. The dance symbolically encapsulates a traditional African approach to leadership. Analysis: Leadership through ubuntu The circle dance ...

Author: Robert M McManus

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781317915959

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 299

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Lao Tzu, Marx, the Buddha, Ibsen, Machiavelli — these are just a few of the world’s great thinkers who have weighed in on the subject of leadership over the centuries. Yet, the contemporary student of leadership often overlooks many of these names in favour of more recent theorists hailing from the social sciences. Understanding Leadership: An Arts and Humanities Perspective takes a different angle, employing the works of the great philosophers, authors and artists found in world civilization and presenting an arts and humanities perspective on the study of leadership. The authors build their conceptual framework using The Five Components of Leadership Model, which recognizes the leader, the followers, the goal, the environmental context, and the cultural values and norms that make up the leadership process. Supporting the text are a wealth of case studies which reflect on works such as Ayn Rand’s novella Anthem, Eugène Delacroix’s painting Liberty Leading the People, Charlie Chaplin’s film Modern Times, Athol Fugard’s play "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys, Lao Tzu’s poetic work Tao Te Ching, and Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony. The authors also introduce studies from various world cultures to particularly illustrate the role cultural values and norms play in leadership. This illuminating framework promotes the multidimensional thinking that is necessary for understanding and problem solving in a complex world. Understanding Leadership: An Arts and Humanities Perspective will be a valuable textbook for both undergraduate and postgraduate leadership students, while leadership professionals will also appreciate the book’s unique liberal arts and cultural approach.

Their first foray led them to explore the metaphor of dance that not only presented them with a new vocabulary to explore leadership but also underscored the significance of kinesthetic and emotional knowledge. The dancer and the dance ...

Author: Fenwick W. English

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISBN: 9783030990978

Category: Education

Page: 1963

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This Handbook explores the discourse within the field of educational leadership and management. It provides a clear analysis of the current field as well as older foundational ideas and newer concepts which are beginning to permeate the discussion. The field of educational leadership and management has long acknowledged that educational contexts include a variety of leaders beyond school principals and other school officials such as informal and middle level leaders. By looking at the knowledge dynamic rather than a static knowledge base , this Handbook allows research to be presented in its multidimensional, evolving reality.

Beete itself had to provide leaders who could do this . On each day of the beete period a messenger from the beete courta clearing in the forest away from the village — announced that a kuk ( plural , ekuk ) would come to dance on the ...

Author: Douglas Fraser

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

ISBN: 0299058247

Category: Art

Page: 354

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A scholarly analysis of the close relationships among the structure, function, and history of the sub-Saharan African arts.