[audiobook] Strokes Of Genius 8: Expressive Texture (Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing) by From North Light Books in Arts-Photography

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Choreographies of African Identities traces interconnected interpretative frameworks around and about the National Ballet of Senegal. Using the metaphor of a dancing circle Castaldis arguments cover the full spectrum of performance; from production to circulation and reception. Castaldi first situates the reader in a North American theater; focusing on the relationship between dancers and audiences as that between black performers and white spectators. She then examines the work of the National Ballet in relation to Leacute;opold Seacute;dar Senghors Neacute;gritude ideology and cultural politics. Finally; the author addresses the circulation of dances in the streets; discotheques; and courtyards of Dakar; drawing attention to women dancers occupation of the urban landscape.