Ballroom

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Research

Publications, Books

McMains, Juliet. Glamour Addiction: Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006.

Presentations

McMains, Juliet. “Dancesport Lifestyle: The Glamorous and the Grotesque in Competitive Ballroom and Latin Dance.” Paper presented at Dance Under Construction, Second Annual Graduate Student Dance Conference, UC Riverside, 11 March 2000
McMains, Juliet. “Rumba Encounters: A Dialogue between Guaguancó and International Style Ballroom Dancers.” Paper presented at Congress on Research in Dance, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 3 November 2006; Paper presented at the World Dance Alliance Global Assembly, York University, Toronto, Canada, 21 July 2006.
McMains, Juliet. “Social Dancing or Theatrical Representation of Social Dance? Conflation as a Marketing Strategy in the American Ballroom Dance Industry.” Paper Presented at the Society of Dance History Scholars Conference, Duke University, 19 June 2004; Paper Presented at the Popular Culture Association National Conference, San Antonio, TX, 10 April 2004.
McMains, Juliet. “‘Latin’ American Dance: Salseros and Ballroom Dancers.” Paper Presented at Congress on Research in Dance Annual Conference, New York City, 27 October 2001; Paper Presented at American Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 9 November, 2001; Paper Presented at Southern American Studies Bi-annual Conference, Tallahassee, FL, 7 February 2003
McMains, Juliet. “Corporeal Negotiations in Ballroom and Latin Dance: The Glamour Class.” Paper presented at Congress on Research in Dance Annual Conference, Pomona, CA, 3 December 1999; Paper presented at Cultural Dance Studies Conference, UC Los Angeles, 6 March 1999.