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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Dance > Anthropological aspects > Senegal.
Blacks > Race identity > Senegal.
National Ballet of Senegal.
Online Access:Table of contents
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 teráanga
  • Conclusion : negritude reconsidered.