Hutchison / Okoye African Theatre 17: Contemporary Dance

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78744-315-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 17, 261 Seiten

Reihe: African Theatre

African dance is discussed here in its global as well as local contexts as a powerful vehicle of aesthetic and cultural exchange and influence.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hutchison, Yvette

Okoye, Chukwuma

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hutchison, Yvette

Okoye, Chukwuma

Adewole, 'Funmi

Johnstone, Kristina

Feltham, Kymberley

Tume, 'Tosin Kooshima

Niala, J.C.

Williams, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Afrikanische Literaturen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Tanz Geschichte des Tanzes

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Obituary: J.C. Abbey, Master Puppeteer of Ghana (Steve Feld & Nii Noi Ortey)
Introduction - Yvette Hutchison and Chukwuma Okoye
DANCE James Mweu & Kunja Dance Theatre: Contemporary dance as African cultural production - 'Funmi Adewole
Looking behind the mirror: Challenging representationalism in contemporary dance in postcolonial African contexts - Kristina Johnstone
Looking behind the mirror: Challenging representationalism in contemporary dance in postcolonial African contexts - Kristina Johnstone
Decolonizing the stage: Reflecting on a Canadian-hosted South African Performance Festival - Kymberley Feltham
Unmuting South African citizenship through integrated/ disability dance - Yvette Hutchison
From television to the streets: The rise and rise of dance-based advertising in Nigeria - 'Tosin Kooshima Tume
Dance photo essay: Untitled: FOD Gang's Environmental Activism - Chukwuma Okoye
OPEN SECTION Cultural production in a digital age: A reflection on the adaptation of an African folktale for a young audience - J.C. Niala
And With Them Came Devils: Ebrahim Hussein, Mashetani & the poetics of doubt - Joshua Williams
Playscript: Lunatic! by Thoko Zulu
Book Reviews edited by Sola Adeyemi

Über Autor(innen)

Hutchison Yvette:
Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick.Okoye Chukwuma:
Chukwuma Okoye is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. e has published critical essays on Igbo masquerade theatre, the location of African theatre in current debates on literary and cultural studies, and contemporary dance in Nigeria.Hutchison Yvette:
Yvette Hutchison is Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Performance Studies, University of Warwick.Okoye Chukwuma:
Chukwuma Okoye is Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. e has published critical essays on Igbo masquerade theatre, the location of African theatre in current debates on literary and cultural studies, and contemporary dance in Nigeria.