Dr. Andree Grau je popredná antropológia, ktorá sa špecializuje na štúdium tanca. Jej rozsiahle terénne výskumy pokrývajú južnú Afriku, domorodú Austráliu, Indiu a Londýn, pričom skúma performanciu z krížovo-kultúrnych a interdisciplinárnych perspektív. Grauove vedecké príspevky, publikované v angličtine aj francúzštine, sa ponárajú do tanca, hudby a vizuálnej antropológie. Je uznávaná pre svoju prenikavú analýzu toho, ako tanec formuje a odráža kultúrnu identitu v rôznych globálnych kontextoch.
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