Choreographing the Folk (inbunden)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
312
Utgivningsdatum
2008-09-18
Upplaga
illustrated ed
Utmärkelser
Commended for de La Torre Bueno Prize 2009
Förlag
University of Minnesota Press
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Illustrations
Illustrationer
Illustrations
Dimensioner
241 x 165 x 31 mm
Vikt
544 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780816647118

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Choreographing the Folk (inbunden)

Choreographing the Folk

The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston

av Anthea Kraut
Inbunden Engelska, 2008-09-18
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While Zora Neale Hurston and her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God have become widely celebrated, she was also a prolific stage director and choreographer. In the 1930s Hurston produced theatrical concerts that depicted a day in the life of a railroad work camp in Florida and featured a rousing Bahamian Fire Dance as the dramatic finale. In Choreographing the Folk, Anthea Kraut traces the significance and influence of Hurston's little-known choreographic work. Hurston's concerts were concrete illustrations of the "real Negro art theatre" she was eager to establish, and they compellingly demonstrate how she used the arena of performance to advance a nuanced understanding of the black diaspora. Her version of the Fire Dance was staged in a variety of venues during the 1930s. In its multiple representations, Kraut asserts, the dance raised critical issues about ownership, artistry, and authenticity. Choreographing the Folk argues for the significance of Hurston's choreography, and with perceptiveness, sensitivity, and originality, Kraut illuminates the important and often-contested place of black folk dance in American culture.
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