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Learning Senegalese Sabar
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York and Dakar, this book explores the Senegalese dance-rhythms Sabar from the research position of a dance student. It features a comparative analysis of the pedagogical techniques used in dance classes in New York and Dakar, which in turn shed light on different aesthetics and understandings of dance, as well as different ways of learning, in each context. Pointing to a loose network of teachers and students who travel between New York and Dakar around the practice of West African dance forms, the author discusses how this movement is maintained, what role the imagination plays in mobilizing participants and how the 'cultural flow' of the dances is 'punctuated' by national borders and socio-economic relationships. She explores the different meanings articulated around Sabar's transatlantic movement and examines how the dance floor provides the grounds for contested understandings, socio-economic relationships and broader discourses to be re-choreographed in each setting.
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Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance
In Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of Diaspora dance genres. Daniel investigates social dances brought to the islands by Europeans and Africans, including quadrilles and drum/dances as well as popular dances that followed, such as Carnival parading, Pan-Caribbean danzas, rumba, merengue, mambo, reggae, and zouk. She reviews sacred dance and closely documents combat dances, such as Martinican ladja, Trinidadian kalinda, and Cuban juego de manÃ. In drawing on scores of performers and consultants from the region as well as on her own professional dance experience and acumen, Daniel adeptly places Caribbean dance in the context of cultural and economic globalization, connecting local practices to transnational and global processes and emphasizing the important role of dance in critical regional tourism. Throughout, Daniel reveals impromptu and long-lasting Diaspora communities of participating dancers and musicians.
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Popular Dance and Music in Modern Egypt
This book is an exploration into the history, aesthetics, social reality, regulation, and transformation of dance and dance music in Egypt. It covers Oriental dance, known as belly dance or danse du ventre, regional or group-specific dances and rituals, sha‘bi (lower-class urban music and dance style), mulid (drawing on Sufi tradition and saints’ day festivals) and mahraganat (youth-created, primarily electronic music with lively rhythms and biting lyrics). The chapters discuss genres and sub-genres and their evolution, the demeanor of dancers, trends old and new, and social and political criticism that use the imagery of dance or a dancer. Also considered are the globalization of Egyptian dance, the replication or fantasies of raqs sharqi outside of Egypt, as well as the dance as a hobby, competitive dance form, and focus of international dance festivals.
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Pilobolus : a story of dance and life
The dynamic history of theinnovative, beloved, and critically acclaimed dance theater company, withrevelatory behind-the-scenes details of its creators and significant works The ingeniously innovative and enduringly popularAmerican dance theatre company Pilobolus has helped redefine, remix, andrejuvenate the essence of dance with its eclectic sensibility and daringathleticism. Now, for the first time, the story of Pilobolus, from itscounterculture origins through its pop-culture triumphs and contemporary globalacclaim, is revealed in a book that will entrance longtime admirers andnewcomers alike. Written with unprecedented accessto the companywith insights from unpublished archival materials and interviewswith its founders, dancers, and current artistic directorsand featuring bothclassic and never-before-seen photos, Pilobolus offers previously untolddetails about the groups history and the creation of its most significantworks. Robert Pranzatelli describes the company's genesis in a Dartmouth danceclass in 1971 and how Pilobolus revolutionized dance with its blend ofsensuality, physical achievement, and visual wit. In these pages, the troupe performson Broadway, travels the world, and by the late 1980s secures a place in dancehistory, while its growth is marked by periods of internal conflict,challenges, and change. As Pilobolus continues to morph, invent, and thrive withthe arrival of new artists and collaborators, its story encompasses love, loss,grief, and rebirth, as well as insights into the secrets of the creativeprocesshow performers and choreographers think and work.More than ahistory, Pilobolus is a narrative of life and art, and the vitality thatinfuses and inspires both when they align and inhabit each other.
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