This book explores Mexican popular and traditional dance practices on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, addressing questions of authenticity, aesthetics, identity, interpretation, and research methodologies in dance performance. Contributors include not only noted scholars from a variety of disciplines but also several dance practitioners who reflect on their engagement with dance and reveal subtexts of dance culture.

Contributors are Norma E. Cantº, Susan Cashion, Mar­a Teresa Cese±a, X³chitl C. Ch¡vez, Adriana Cruz Manjarrez, Ren©e de la Torre Castellanos, Peter J. Garc­a, Rudy F. Garc­a, Chris Goertzen, Martha Gonz¡lez, Elisa Diana Huerta, Sydney Hutchinson, Marie "Keta" Miranda, Olga N¡jera-Ram­rez, Shakina Nayfack, Russell Rodr­guez, Brenda M. Romero, Nancy Lee Chalfa Ruyter, Jos© S¡nchez Jim©nez, and Alberto Z¡rate Rosales.