British dance : black routes / / edited by Christy Adair, Ramsay Burt

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910476777403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-317-42958-3; 1-138-91371-5; 1-315-69126-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 793.31941
• Soggetti: Dancers - Great Britain - History; Electronic books.; Great Britain Race relations; Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : British dance and African diaspora / Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt -- 2. Presenting Berto Pasuka / Thea Barnes -- 3. Researching British (underground) jazz dancing 1979-1990 / Jane Carr -- 4. Just after the pulse, rhythm takes all : the inside habitat of improvisation / Sheron Wray -- 5. African dance in England : spirituality and choreography / Bob Ramdhanie -- 6. Feel de riddim, feel de vibes : dance as a transcendent act of survival and upliftment / 'H' Patten -- 7. The construction of the Black dance/African peoples dance sector in Britain : issues arising for the conceptualisation of related choreographic and dance practices / 'Funmi Adewole -- 8. Negotiating the centre / Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt -- 9. Framing and naming Black British dance / Anita Gonzalez.
• Sommario/riassunto: British Dance, Black Routes is an outstanding collection of writings which re-reads the achievements of Black British dance artists, and places them within a broad historical, cultural and artistic context. Until now discussion of choreography by Black dance practitioners has been dominated by the work of African-American artists, facilitated by the civil rights movement. But the work produced by Black British artists has in part been within the context of Britain's colonial legacy. Ramsay ; Burt and Christy Adair bring together an array of leading scholars and practitioners to review the singularity and distinctiveness of the work of British-based dancers who are Black and its relation to the specificity of Black British experiences. From sub-Saharan West African and Caribbean dance forms to jazz and hip-hop, British Dance, Black Routes looks afresh at over five decades of artistic production to provide an unparalleled resource for dance students and scholars.