Learning Senegalese sabar : dancers and embodiment in New York and Dakar / Eleni Bizas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bizas, Eleni.

Series:

Dance and performance studies ; v. 6.

Dance and Performance Studies ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dance--Anthropological aspects--Senegal.

Dance.

Dance, Black--Africa, West--Influence.

Dance, Black.

Dance--Study and teaching--New York (State)--New York.

Dance--Study and teaching--Senegal--Dakar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 maint

Contents:

Title page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Transatlantic Travels of West African Dance; Chapter 2 The New York Dance Floor; Chapter 3 Navigating Transatlantic Flows; Chapter 4 Re-choreographing Sabar; Chapter 5 The Kinaesthetic of Sabar; Chapter 6 Hearing Movements, Seeing Rhythms; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781782382577

1782382577

OCLC:

871638318