ABSTRACT

This chapter is based on an ethnographic study conducted in 2012 on Dalmatian kolo dancing in Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand. The goal of the study was to give voice to people's dance experiences and to explore their motivations for joining cultural dance activities, the meaning it has for them and the learning associated with it. Furthermore, the study inquired whether these activities contribute to their understanding of Auckland as a place of culturally diverse communities.