"This study of the politics of representation and authentication among state-sponsored or state-assisted 'folk ensembles' shows that dance is a culturally significant social phenomenaValuable for anyone teaching a course on dance ethnology, the anthropology of art or aesthetics."--James LaVita, Professor, University of Denver ""This study of the politics of representation and authentication among state-sponsored or state-assisted 'folk ensembles' shows that dance is a culturally significant social phenomenaValuable for anyone teaching a course on dance ethnology, the anthropology of art or aesthetics."--James LaVita, Professor, University of Denver " Choreographic Politics paints a rich and lively portrait of a variety of the 20th Century's most well known and sophisticated state-supported folk dance ensembles, combining a scholar's interests with a practioner's understanding of the art and craft of folk dance choreography. All those interested in the interrelationships between aesthetics, performance, and the power structures of modern nation-states, will find this a thought-provoking, valuable book."--Sally Ann Ness, Associate Professor of Dance and Anthropology, University of California, Riverside.