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Staging Ghana : artistry and nationalism in state dance ensembles / Paul Schauert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schauert, Paul W., author.
- Series:
- Ethnomusicology multimedia.
- Ethnomusicology Multimedia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk dancing--Ghana.
- Folk dancing.
- Dance companies--Ghana.
- Dance companies.
- Nationalism and the arts--Ghana.
- Nationalism and the arts.
- Ghana--Cultural policy.
- Ghana.
- Ghana Dance Ensemble.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana's national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of the ensemble and the aims of the individual performers work in opposition. Schauert discusses the history of the dance troupe and its role in Ghana's post-independence nation-building strategy and illustrates how the nation's culture makes its way onto the stage. He argues that as dancers negotiate the terrain of what is or is not authentic, they also find ways to express their personal aspirations, d
- Contents:
- Introduction: managing nationalism, crossing crocodiles, and staging ethnography
- Beyond ethnicity, beyond Ghana : staging and embodying African personality
- Dancing essences : sensational staging and the cosmopolitan politics of authentication
- Soldiers of culture : discipline, artistry, and alternative education
- Speak to the wind : staging the state and performing indirection
- "We are the originals" : a tale of two troupes and the birth of contemporary dance in Ghana
- Politics of personality : creativity, competition, and self-expression within a unitary matrix
- Conclusion: managing self, state, and nation.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253017499
- 0253017491
- OCLC:
- 915941078
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