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British Dance: Black Routes book cover

1st Edition

British Dance: Black Routes

Edited By Christy Adair, Ramsay Burt Copyright 2017
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Introduction. Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt

2. Berto Pasuka’s Les Ballets Nègres. 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: spiritual meaning within Jamaican Dancehall. H Patten

7. The formation of Black dance/African Peoples’ dance sector in Britain. ‘Funmi Adewole

8. Negotiating the Centre. Christy Adair and Ramsay Burt

9. Afterword. Anita Gonzales

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Ramsay Burt, Christy Adair

A timely text and a much needed one too! [...] An edited collection that does "celebrate achievements of British-based dancers who are Black" P.3) and calls for more of these histories to be shared.

Dr Sarahleigh Castelyn

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