Choreographies of African Identities : Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Schwarze, ...
National Ballet of Senegal.
Tanz
Ethnische Identität
Ballett
Dance > Anthropological aspects.
Black people > Race identity.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Dance.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > Folk.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Danse > Aspect anthropologique > Senegal.
Black people > Race identity > Senegal.
Dance > Anthropological aspects > Senegal.
Senegal
Senegal.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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