Tracing the Soul, Choreographing Transgression in Flamenco and Tauromaquia: Dance and Ritual in Contemporary Spain

This book analyzes gesture, ritual, and performance in flamenco and tauromaquia - the extended definition of bullfighting within the visual arts and poetry - in contemporary Spain.

Miriana M. Lausic Arratia holds a PhD from York University, Toronto, a MFA in Choreography from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the Pontíficia Universidad Católica of Chile. She has published in Studies in Theatre and Performance, and The International Journal of Ars Theory and History, Common Ground Research Network. Her choreography has been presented among others at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.