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the National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica
This book presents the first in-depth critical and historical examination of the internationally renowned National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica (NDTC) in the context of postcolonial theatre. Combining a postcolonial theoretical framework with performance studies and dance analysis, the study examines the interrelationship of Jamaican modern dance theatre aesthetics and the Caribbean's complex cultural genealogy since 1492. Addressing issues of postcolonial nationalism and Jamaican identity politics, the book provides the first comprehensive study of the NDTC's modern dance theatre works as it situates dance theatre choreography at the centre of postcolonial independence politics and cultural theory in the Caribbean.--
Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Intro: Tracking the Cross-Cultural Field -- The Journey to Jamaican Dance; On Creolization -- Theorizing Caribbean Identity; The Self/Other Dynamic in Colonialist Discourse; Hybrid Cultures -- Creolist Metaphors; Nationalist Rhetoric; The Politics of Representation; INTERLUDE I: DANCE AND POSTCOLONIAL THEORY; Dance and Postcolonial Nationalism -- Embodying Emancipation; Towards a Creolist Aesthetic -- African Caribbean Identity and Dance; Early African Jamaican Religious and Recreational Dances; Pioneers of Caribbean Dance Theatre.
Beryl McBurnie (1914-2000)Ivy Baxter (1923-1993); From Sacred to Secular: The Institutionalization of Jamaican Dance Theatre; Re-inventing African Carribean Ritual through Modern Dance; Jamaica Festival; Jamaican Cultural Development Commission (JCDC); The National Dance Theatre Company (NDTC) of Jamaica; The Jamaica School of Dance; INTERLUDE II: DANCE AND THE NEW JAMAICA; Jamaica's National Dance Theatre Company -- A Postcolonial Reading of the Repertoire; Dancing Cultural Roots: Kinaesthetic Memory and the Discovery of Self; Choreographing Independence; African Scenario; Plantation Revelry.
The Folk RepertoirePocomania; Kumina; Gerrehbenta; Bruckins; INTERLUDE III: DANCE AND SELF-DISCOVERY; In Celebration of Diversity -- The NDTC's Caribbean Dance Vocabulary; Rex Nettleford's Aesthetic of Caribbean Dance Theatre; Ritual of the Sunrise; Cave's End; Eduardo Rivero: The NDTC's Cuban Connection; Sulkari; Congo Layé; The Caribbean Modern Interpretations of Clive Thompson; Of Sympathy and Love; INTERLUDE IV: DANCE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY; Next Generation's Re-Inventions: Jamaican Dance Theatre Goes Global; Arlene Richards: Cocoon, Renewal of the Spirit; Arsenio Andrade: Epilogo.
Marlon Simms: Millennial Beings, '100 Park Lanes' RedemptionChristopher Walker: Fragile; INTERLUDE V: DANCE BEYOND THE COLOR LINE; Coda: After the Journey -- The Remains of the Dance ... ; Bibliography; Books and Journals; Periodicals; Lectures and Audio Sources; CD-ROM and Videography; Miscellany; Interviews.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Dancing Postcolonialism : The National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica