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Author Katrak, Ketu H., author.

Title Jay Pather, performance, and spatial politics in South Africa / Ketu H. Katrak
Published Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 397 pages) : color illustrations
Series African expressive cultures
African expressive cultures.
Contents Journeys across Political, Socio-racial, and Geographic Borderlines: Interconnecting the Present, Past, and Future -- The Transitional and the In-between: Theoretical and Creative Engagements with Urban Geography (2000-2015) -- Curatorial Choreographies: Challenges of Curating Public Art Festivals (2007-Present)
Summary "Jay Pather, Performance and Spatial Politics in South Africa offers the first full-length monograph on the award-winning choreographer, theater director, curator, and creative artist in contemporary global performance. Working within the contexts of African studies, dance, theater, and performance, Ketu H. Katrak explores the extent of Pather's productive career but also places him and his work in the South African and global arts scene, where he is considered a visionary. Pather, a South African of Indian heritage, is known as a master of space, site, and location. Katrak examines how Pather's performance practices place him in the center of global trends that are interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, collaborative, and multimedia and that cross borders between dance, theater, visual art, and technology. Jay Pather, Performance and Spatial Politics in South Africa offers a vision of an artist who is strategically aware of the spatiality of human life, who understands the human body as the nation's collective history, and who is a symbol of hope and resilience after the trauma of violent segregation"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 24, 2021)
Subject Pather, Jay -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Pather, Jay -- Criticism and interpretation
Pather, Jay fast
Subject Choreographers -- South Africa
Arts -- Political aspects -- South Africa
Arts -- Political aspects
Choreographers
South Africa
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020026119
ISBN 0253053692
9780253053695