SQUARE DANCE AND INTERCULTURAL ADAPTATION- A CASE STUDY OF ONE CHINESE DANCING DAMA ARRESTED IN NEW YORK
Keywords:
square dance, art, Chinese dama, cultural customs, cultural difference, intercultural adaptationAbstract
Square dance is an art form and can represent vivid Chinese cultural features. The square dance the Chinese dama practice daily is easier to make them happier and happier when they tap to the tune in the public or in the parks. However, the author takes a case which involved one Chinese dama who was arrested for square dance in New York as an example and tries to analyze this accident from a perspective of intercultural adaptation. Also, the author deeply elaborates the features of Chinese culture and compares the Sino – American cultural differences in how person use a public space and what is acceptable behavior and what is not acceptable behavior, and offers some suggestions about how to adapt to a new culture in order to avoid unexpected and unpleasant accident in the intercultural adaptation.
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