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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/133371| Title: | The Maltese don’t dance… |
| Other Titles: | On culture - mapping Valletta 2018 |
| Authors: | Baldacchino, Jean Paul |
| Keywords: | Dance -- Malta -- Attitudes Folk dancing -- Malta Ballroom dancing -- Malta Tango (Dance) -- Malta National characteristics, Maltese |
| Issue Date: | 2016 |
| Publisher: | Midsea Books |
| Citation: | Baldacchino, J.-P. (2016). The Maltese don’t dance… . In V. A. Cremona (Ed.), On culture - mapping Valletta 2018 (pp. 85-95). Malta: Midsea Books. |
| Abstract: | The Maltese Don't Dance... or so it would seem. According to the latest European statistics on cultural participation, the Maltese are not really keen on dancing. They have the lowest rates for participation in this activity. According to the Eurobarometer Survey on Cultural Participation (2013), dancing ranks as the most popular 'artistic activity' in Europe. When asked whether or not they either sang or danced in the preceding twelve months, 12% of the European respondents answered "Yes". The respective statistics for Malta paint a starker picture. Malta has the lowest percentage in Europe in terms of participation in singing or dancing, with only two percent having participated in one of the two activities. There are, however, a large number of ballet schools in Malta which seem to cater mostly for young girls with, however, a sharp decline in interest after seventeen. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/133371 |
| ISBN: | 9789993275640 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtAS |
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