African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance (Hardcover)

African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence. To date, scholars have tended, with a few exceptions, to write about African dance in primarily ethnographic terms. This collection seeks to challenge this pattern and expand dance research by engaging with the aesthetics and socio-political impact of dance for communities in and out of Africa in an increasingly global context. Contributors to this issue look at the impact that specifically situated indigenous dance forms have had on the development of newforms locally, and the reciprocal impact of local and international infrastructures, including funding bodies, tourism and festivals. African Theatre 17 examines how dance is contributing to a particularly African interculturalism, while analysing the issues of representation of Africa in a postcolonial context. Articles address the efficacy of dance to engage audiences with disavowed issues regarding gender, sexuality and dis/ability both within and beyond Africa. Highlights include a dance photo essay on F.O.D. Gang's 2017 site-specific street performance "Untitled" in Lagos, a new non-themed section, and the playscript Lunatic! by Zimbabwean playwright Thoko Zulu. Volume Editors: YVETTE HUTCHISON & CHUKWUMA OKOYE Series Editors: Yvette Hutchison, Reader, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick; Chukwuma Okoye, Reader in African Theatre & Performance University of Ibadan; Jane Plastow, Professor of African Theatre, University of Leeds.

General

Imprint:	James Currey
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	African Theatre
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Yvette Hutchison • Chukwuma Okoye
Contributors:	Yvette Hutchison • Chukwuma Okoye • 'Funmi Adewole • Kristina Johnstone • Kymberley Feltham (Contributor) • 'Tosin Kooshima Tume • Jc Niala • Joshua Williams (Contributor)
Dimensions:	221 x 143 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	261
ISBN-13:	978-1-84701-187-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Dance > General
LSN:	1-84701-187-X
Barcode:	9781847011879

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