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

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

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Author / Creator:	Castaldi, Francesca, 1964-
Imprint:	Urbana ; Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2006] ©2006
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	National Ballet of Senegal. National Ballet of Senegal. Dance -- Anthropological aspects -- Senegal. Black people -- Race identity -- Senegal. Blacks -- Race identity. Dance -- Anthropological aspects. Senegal.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11148765

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ISBN:	9780252090783 0252090780 9780252030277 0252030273 9780252072680 0252072685 1283155621 9781283155625 0252030273 9780252030277
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Riverside. Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Francesca Castaldi's Choreographies of African Identities "sounds" three interrelated interpretations of the work of the National Ballet of Senegal, each interpretation overlapping with the others as the layering of tracks in a music score." "The first interpretative track situates the work of the Ballet in a North American theater, exposing the theatrical and extra-theatrical procedures that collude in racializing the encounter between performers and audiences as that between Black dancers and White spectators." "The second line of analysis examines the work of the National Ballet in relation to Leopold Sedar Senghor's Negritude ideology and cultural politics, engaging in larger debates over African aesthetics, modernity and tradition, globalization, and cultural diversity." "Finally a third interpretative track presents the circulation of dances in the streets, discotheques, and courtyards of Dakar, drawing attention to women dancers' occupation of the urban landscape. In this context, Castaldi explores the agency of women's performance in negotiating Islamic religiosity, gender, and class identities in the dancing circle and the public arena. Taken together, the reading weaves together questions about scholarship, the cross-cultural circulation of performance, national politics, and urban youth culture. Book jacket."--Jacket
Other form:	Print version: Choreographies of African identities 9780252030277
Standard no.:	9780252030277

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Summary:	Choreographies of African Identities traces interconnected interpretative frameworks around and about the National Ballet of Senegal. Using the metaphor of a dancing circle Castaldi's arguments cover the full spectrum of performance, from production to circulation and reception. Castaldi first situates the reader in a North American theater, focusing on the relationship between dancers and audiences as that between black performers and white spectators. She then examines the work of the National Ballet in relation to Léopold Sédar Senghor's Négritude ideology and cultural politics. Finally, the author addresses the circulation of dances in the streets, discotheques, and courtyards of Dakar, drawing attention to women dancers' occupation of the urban landscape.<br>
Item Description:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Riverside.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.
ISBN:	9780252090783 0252090780 9780252030277 0252030273 9780252072680 0252072685 1283155621 9781283155625