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Learning Senegalese Sabar: Dancers and Embodiment in New York and Dakar
Eleni Bizas
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Description for Learning Senegalese Sabar: Dancers and Embodiment in New York and Dakar
Hardback. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York & 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 & Dakar, which in turn shed light on different aesthetics and understandings of dance. Series: Dance & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3 ills. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; ASD; AVRJ; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 416.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Dance & Performance Studies
Condition
New
Weight
409g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782382560
SKU
V9781782382560
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About Eleni Bizas
Eleni Bizas publishes on dance, learning, migration and West Africa and is currently a Research Fellow at the Programme for the Study of Global Migration, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Reviews for Learning Senegalese Sabar: Dancers and Embodiment in New York and Dakar
The material discussed in this study is extremely rich and well analyzed. It is a fascinating piece of research.
Stephanie Bunn, University of St. Andrews - a wonderfully wrought study - crisp, well-contoured sentences that guide the reader effortless into the deep recesses of transnational West African dance - The ethnography - is enviably ... Read more
Stephanie Bunn, University of St. Andrews - a wonderfully wrought study - crisp, well-contoured sentences that guide the reader effortless into the deep recesses of transnational West African dance - The ethnography - is enviably ... Read more