| Description |
1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: The toyi-toying body -- Mama Africa : African daughter -- Home is where the heart is : home on the stage -- Land claims : mapping the body -- The politics of looking : I am an African -- Conclusion: Armed and dangerous : a long dance to freedom |
| Summary |
This book explores when and how, and to what effect, the body in South African contemporary dance protests, subverts, or represents a site of the struggle against oppressive forces of power. It considers how the dancing body is choreographed, what meanings lie behind the movements it makes in space, the possible effect of these movements, how and why it is costumed, and its relationship to its setting and space. It examines a selection of contemporary South African dance works, including Flatfoot Dance Company's Transmission: Mother to Child (2005), Siwela Sonke Dance Theatre's Home (2003), Musa Hlatshwayo’s Umthombi (2004), Mlu Zondi's Silhouette (2006), and Nelisiwe Xaba's They Look at Me and That Is All They Think (2006) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-166) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2023) |
| Subject |
Modern dance -- South Africa
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Modern dance
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1527589250 |
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9781527589254 |
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