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In the twenty-first century, values of competition underpin the free-market economy and aspirations of individual achievement shape the broader social world. Consequently, ideas of winning and losing, success and failure, judgment and worth, influence the dance that we see and do. Across stage, studio, street, and screen, economies of competition impact bodily aesthetics, choreographic strategies, and danced meanings. In formalized competitions, dancers are judged according to industry standards to accumulate social capital and financial gain. Within the capitalist economy, dancing bodies compete to win positions in prestigious companies, while choreographers hustle to secure funding and attract audiences. On the social dance floor, dancers participate in dance-offs that often include unspoken, but nevertheless complex, rules of bodily engagement. And the media attraction to the drama and spectacle of competition regularly plays out in reality television shows, film documentaries, and Hollywood cinema. Drawing upon a diverse collection of dances across history and geography, The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Competition asks how competition affects the presentation and experience of dance and, in response, how dancing bodies negotiate, critique, and resist the aesthetic and social structures of the competition paradigm.

Dance --- Social aspects. --- Competitions. --- Dance - Social aspects --- Dance - Competitions

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"This book provides a broad view of the history, experience, and impact of professional Esports as it has shifted the cultural and athletic landscape during its rise"--

Video games --- Video games --- Competitions --- History

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Contains a section on projects that participated in the Grand Prix Casalgrande-Padana 2019 - XI edizione. Trent' anni di un Premio internazionale per l'architettura Contains a section on projects that participated in the Grand Prix Casalgrande-Padana 2019 - 11th edition. Thirty years of the internationale architecture award

Ceramics in architecture --- Architecture --- Stoneware --- Competitions

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Architecture --- Architecture --- Buildings --- Competitions --- Remodeling for other use.

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This book uses the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), as an analytical entry point to understand and illuminate post-War Europe and the drive to create an identity that can legitimise the European project in its broadest sense. The ESC presents an idealised vision of Europe, and this has long existed in a strained relationship with reality. While the trajectory of post-war European integration is a high-profile topic, we believe that the ESC offers a unique and innovative way to think about the role of culture in the history of post-War European integration and tensions between the ideal and reality of European unity. Through the series of case studies that make up the chapters in this book, analysis brings these interlinked tensions to light, exploring the roles of culture and identity, alongside and a productive conversation with the political and economic projects of post-war European integration.

European Union --- European Economic Community literature --- Popular music --- Competitions --- Ethnology—Europe. --- European Union. --- European Economic Community literature. --- Europe—History. --- Europe—Politics and government. --- European Culture. --- European Union Politics. --- European Integration. --- European History. --- European Politics.