Eleni Bizas

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Learning Senegalese Sabar: Dancers and Embodiment in New York and DakarHardcover, 1 February 2014

Learning Senegalese Sabar: Dancers and Embodiment in New York and Dakar
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Part of Series
Dance and Performance Studies
Part of Series
Dance and Performance Studies, 6
Print Length
168 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Date Published
1 Feb 2014
ISBN-10
1782382569
ISBN-13
9781782382560

Description

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.

Product Details

Author:
Eleni Bizas
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 February 2014
Dimensions:
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.12 cm
Genre:
African
ISBN-10:
1782382569
ISBN-13:
9781782382560
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
168
Publisher:
Weight:
399.16 gm

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