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Contemporary African Dance Theatre

Phenomenology, Whiteness, and the Gaze. New World Choreographies

By (author) Sabine Soergel
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham, Switzerland
Published: 31st Mar 2020
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 13mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN-10: 3030415007
ISBN-13: 9783030415006
Barcode No: 9783030415006
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This book is the first to consider contemporary African dance theatre aesthetics in the context of phenomenology, whiteness, and the gaze. Rather than a discussion of African dance per se, the author challenges hegemonic perceptions of contemporary African dance theatre to interrogate the extent to which white supremacy and privilege weave through capitalist necropolitics and determine our perception of contemporary African dance theatre today. Multiple aesthetic strategies are discussed throughout the book to account for the affective experience of 'un-suturing' that touches white spectatorship and colonial guilt at their core. The critical analysis covers a broad range of dance choreography by artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Canada, Europe, and the US as they travel, create, and show their works internationally to global audiences to contest racial divides and white supremacist politics.

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"Contemporary African Dance Theatre: Phenomenology, whiteness, and the gaze offers a model of interweaving the histories, philosophies and movement practices of Europe and Africa through the lenses of both performers and viewers of contemporary dance. ... It also thoughtfully addresses gender and its intersection with race in colonial paradigms of visual culture and embodiment. ... Contemporary African Dance Theatre carries a through-line that continually interrogates the suppositions of audience members and the ways that African artists address prejudice." (Rainy Demerson, Performance Research, May 24, 2021)

"Contemporary African Dance Theatre attests to the powerful artistic voices from Africa and the diaspora that invite white audiences into confrontation with the politics of their white gaze, even as white people hold significant financial and curatorial power in the circulation of works by African artists. ... Her work is testimony to the urgent need for consumers of dance to deepen their literacy of African and diasporic dance cultures and aesthetics." (Amy Swanson, Dance Research Journal, Vol.52 (2), August, 2020)