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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Black dance"”.
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The dance of Apollo and Dionysus: The interplay of forces bridging the white viewer and the black dance
… paper to deconstruct the white fascination with black cultural dance, specifically looking at hip-hop, in order to utilize these findings as an impetus for discussion on the prevalence of white cultural absorption and modification of the exotic ‘Other.’ Such analysis will extend beyond the …
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Why we dance: a community autoethnographic study of four African American community dance artists
… American and other nonwestern and non-White dance traditions are a part of cultural expression, historic preservation, a reflection of lived experiences, and a part of everyday life. In many dance programs at colleges and universities, culturally specific dance practices are often not …
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British Dance and the African Diasporas, the Discourses of Theatrical Dance and the Art of Choreography: 1985 to 2005
… approach to writing histories of theatrical dance, which draws on African and Diaspora forms. Most choreographers who work with these forms in Britain are usually of African or Caribbean descent and are racially black. I call the theoretical approach the choreosteme. I use the theoretical …
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Black Brazilian female dancer-choreographer-educators : creating alternative axes of action in the African diaspora
This dissertation examines the potential of black women dancer-choreographer-educators to re-imagine their artistic, cultural, and sociopolitical identities in the African diaspora. By introducing the concept of alternative axes of action as spatial longitudinal oblique lines established slightly …
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Nancy Huston in Self-translation. An Aesthetics of Redoublement.
… des plaines (1993) to Danse noire (2013)/ Black Dance (2014). The thesis is subdivided in two main parts, each of three chapters. Chapter I provides an heuristic overview of self-translation, reporting the most influential bibliographical material that has focused, in turn, on: the …
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Historicizing and Engaging Lindy Hop: The Development, Presence, and Absence of Black Cultural Values and Aesthetics
… in order to ascertain where elements of Black culture are present or absent. As Lindy Hop practice has transitioned from its point of origin in the Black space of the Savoy Ballroom to primarily white spaces today, questions arise about cultural preservation and erasure in this …