Rooted jazz dance: Africanist aesthetics and equity in the twenty-first century

"Decolonizing contemporary jazz dance practice, this book examines the state of jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography in the twenty-first century, recovering and affirming the lifeblood of jazz in Africanist aesthetics and Black American culture"--

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Weitere Verfasser: Guarino, Lindsay (HerausgeberIn), Jones, Carlos R. A. (HerausgeberIn), Oliver, Wendy 1953- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gainesville University Press of Florida [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:"Decolonizing contemporary jazz dance practice, this book examines the state of jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography in the twenty-first century, recovering and affirming the lifeblood of jazz in Africanist aesthetics and Black American culture"--
Arguing that the history of jazz dance is closely tied to the history of racism in the United States, these essays challenge a century of misappropriation and lean in to difficult conversations of reparations for jazz dance. This volume overcomes a major roadblock to racial justice in the dance field by amplifying the people and culture responsible for the jazz language"--
Beschreibung:xviii, 316 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:9780813069111

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