| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 236 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Series |
Dance and performance studies ; volume 5 |
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Dance and performance studies ; v. 5.
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| Contents |
Introduction : the shifting faces of dance -- Cosmopolitan performing arts in twenty-first century Senegal -- A city across waters -- Drums, sand and persons -- Images of a mobile youth -- The politics of neo-traditional performance -- Senegalese 'contemporary dance' and global arts circuits -- Contemporary trajectories -- Movement, imagination and self-fashioning |
| Summary |
Senegal has played a central role in contemporary dance due to its rich performing traditions, as well as strong state patronage of the arts, first under French colonialism and later in the postcolonial era. In the 1980s, when the Senegalese economy was in decline and state fundingwithdrawn, European agencies used the performing arts as a tool in diplomacy. This had a profound impact on choreographic production and arts markets throughout Africa. In Senegal, choreographic performers have taken to contemporary dance, while continuing to engage with neo-traditional performance, regional genres |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Dance -- Senegal
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Dance companies -- Senegal
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Performing arts -- Senegal
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Dance -- Political aspects -- Senegal
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GAMES -- Reference.
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GAMES -- Travel Games.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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Dance
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Dance companies
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Dance -- Political aspects
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Manners and customs
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Performing arts
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
Senegal -- Social policy
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Senegal -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Senegal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781461952527 |
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1461952522 |
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1782381481 |
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9781782381488 |
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