Staging Ghana : Artistry and Nationalism in State Dance Ensembles /

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The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana's national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of the ensemble and the aims of the individual performers work in opposition. Schauert discusses the h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schauert, Paul W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ghana Dance Ensemble.
Nationalism and the arts.
Folk dancing.
Dance companies.
Cultural policy.
PERFORMING ARTS > Dance > General.
GAMES > Travel Games.
GAMES > Reference.
Nationalisme et arts > Ghāna.
Compagnies de danse > Ghāna.
Danse folklorique > Ghāna.
Nationalism and the arts > Ghana.
Dance companies > Ghana.
Folk dancing > Ghana.
Ghana.
Ghana > Cultural policy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: managing nationalism, crossing crocodiles, and staging ethnography
  • Beyond ethnicity, beyond Ghana : staging and embodying African personality
  • Dancing essences : sensational staging and the cosmopolitan politics of authentication
  • Soldiers of culture : discipline, artistry, and alternative education
  • Speak to the wind : staging the state and performing indirection
  • "We are the originals" : a tale of two troupes and the birth of contemporary dance in Ghana
  • Politics of personality : creativity, competition, and self-expression within a unitary matrix
  • Conclusion: managing self, state, and nation.

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