Dance circles : movement, morality and self-fashioning in urban Senegal / He?le?ne Neveu Kringelbach
New York : Berghahn Books, 2013. 1st edition. Very good copy in the colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #324852
Physical description: 252 p. 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. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Title page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction The Shifting Faces of Dance; Chapter 1 Cosmopolitan Performing Arts in Twentieth-Century Senegal; Chapter 2 A City across Waters ; Chapter 3 Drums, Sand and Persons; Chapter 4 Images of a Mobile Youth; Chapter 5 The Politics of Neo-Traditional Performance; Chapter 6 Senegalese 'Contemporary Dance' and Global Arts Circuits; Chapter 7 Contemporary Trajectories; Chapter 8 Movement, Imagination and Self-Fashioning; Bibliography; Index. Subjects: Dance Senegal. Dance companies Senegal. Performing arts Senegal. Manners and customs. Social policy. Genre: Bibliography.
Price: €120.00