Gatekeepers of dance: Journalistic coverage of concert contemporary dance

Abstract

This paper analyzes journalism’s coverage of concert contemporary dance as a method of human communication, a component of cultural conversation, and a member of the greater creative exchange. It analyzes the current problems within journalism and provides suggestions as to how dance journalism can survive the upheaval in the journalism industry, which could help dance become and remain relevant to a larger pool of American society.

Keywords

• contemporary dance
• dance journalism
• culture
• journalism
• gatekeeping
• dance