Dance battle: power relations within the Singapore dance scene

• Main Authors: Te, Hui Ley, Tjong, Vanessa Gabriela
• Other Authors: Md Saidul Islam
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Social Sciences; Dance; Singapore dance; Foucault; Governmentality; Discourse; State regulation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177190
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sociology literature in Singapore has paid scant attention to the experiences of the dance community, despite the highly-regulated nature of the arts sector. Hence, our thesis aims to unravel the power relations within Singapore’s dancescape. Our research questions are (1) How is Foucauldian governm...