Soviet Diaspora in American Ballroom
Waltzing from Odesa Basements to Dancing with the Stars
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Product details:
- Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date of Publication 25 May 2026
- ISBN 9783032178596
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages285 pages
- Size 210x148 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations XXIII, 285 p. 57 illus., 43 illus. in color. 700
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Long description:
This book tells the historical journey of migrant ballroom dancers from post-Soviet countries to North America, supported by interviews with these dancers about education, identity, and social integration. Through movement analysis, author David Outevsky dissects their daily training and international performances to analyze the commodification and politicization of DanceSport in the current neo-Cold War climate. Carefully uncovering the cultural characteristics that enabled former Soviet nationals to rise to the top of the ballroom industry and become household names on Dancing with the Stars, he shows how dancers use DanceSport as a tool for economic development and social assimilation. Using direct evidence from competitors such as Val Chmerkovskiy, their parents, and coaches, Outvesky untangles the threads of cultural policies, parenthood, and training philosophy to reflect on how Soviet values such as stoicism, filiality, and authoritarianism have migrated through the bodies of these dancers to reinvent the image of American ballroom.
MoreTable of Contents:
1. Waltzing from Where? An Introduction.- 2. Fit for the Nation: The Politics and Propaganda of Art and Sport in the USSR.- 3. “Everyone Is a Winner”: Inclusion, Multiculturalism, and Holistic Education in North America.- 4. “I Am Still Russian”: Dancing Through the Diaspora.- 5. “Moving and Grooving Soviet Bodies” Movement Analysis of the Soviet-Style Ballroom.- 6. Choreographing Canada: The Issue with Multiculturalism.- 7. Selling Joy and Dancing Protest: Commodifying and Politicizing DanceSport.
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