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African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance by Yvette Hutchison; Yvette Hutchison; Chukwuma Okoye; Chukwuma Okoye; 'Funmi Adewole; J.C. Niala; Joshua Williams; Kristina Johnstone; Kymberley Feltham; 'Tosin Kooshima Tume is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance about?

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-them

Who reads African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance?

Author

Yvette Hutchison; Yvette Hutchison; Chukwuma Okoye; Chukwuma Okoye; 'Funmi Adewole; J.C. Niala; Joshua Williams; Kristina Johnstone; Kymberley Feltham; 'Tosin Kooshima Tume

Publisher

Boydell and Brewer Limited

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781847011862

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Literary Criticism, Sports