Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal

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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: Positionality and the Choreography of Theory 1 1. The National Ballet of Senegal at a Theater in California 17 2. African Dance, Africanist Discourse, and Négritude 34 3. The National Ballet of Senegal at the National Theater in Dakar 60 4. Sabar Dances and a Women’s Public Sphere 70 5. Tales of Betrayal 102 6. The Circulation of Dances on and off the Stage 124 7. Urban Ballets and the Professionalization of Dance 150 8. Exploiting Terànga 174 Conclusion: Négritude Reconsidered 197 Notes 205 References 223 Index 237 ...