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Choreographies of African identities : négritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal /

"Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Francesca Castaldi's Choreographies of African Identities "sounds" three interrelated interpretations of the work of the National Ballet of Senegal, each interpretation overlapping with the others as the layering of tracks...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : positionality and the choreography of theory
  • The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in California
  • African dance, Africanist discourse, and negritude
  • The National Ballet of Senegal at a theatre in Dakar
  • Sabar dances and a women's public sphere
  • Tales of betrayals
  • The circulation of dances on and off the stage
  • Urban ballets and the professionalization of dance
  • Exploiting terànga
  • Conclusion : negritude reconsidered.