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TL;DR: The authors made a comparative study of the structure and function of dance on all of these islands in the eighteenth century and today, as well as begin the analysis of the process of change that has occurred in these dance traditions.
Abstract: 1. "By referring to all these studies, one can now make a comparative study of the structure and function of dance on all of these islands in the eighteenth century and today, as well as begin the analysis of the process of change that has occurred in these dance traditions" (Youngerman 1974:95). 2. They credit Awatere (1975) as the publication "in which, for the first time in all of the descriptions of Maori dance published since Cook's day, up to and including Armstrong's account, a satisfactory explanation is given of indigenous dance terminology while at the same time making clear subtle differences in connotation of terms applying to various occasions of performance" (Shennan and McLean 1979:495). 3. As stated on the contributors' page for the original article, the paper was a "[pro] seminar paper in ethnomusicology brought to the Editor's attention by her Professor" (Ethnomusicology 18:195). Through a series of misunderstandings, the paper went to press without an opportunity for me to make revisions which would have transformed its goals from that of a term paper (search of the literature, etc.) to an article which emphasized the new findings.

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