Premesse di un’estetica africanista
First Premises of an Africanist Aesthetic identifies the essential attributes of the Africanist aesthetic through a careful exemplification and in contrast with the Europeanist ballet. It is the first study ever investigating these elements in dance. Thus, it provides a seminal methodological tool b...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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University of Bologna
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Danza e Ricerca |
| Online Access: | http://danzaericerca.unibo.it/article/view/5953 |
| Summary: | First Premises of an Africanist Aesthetic identifies the essential attributes of the Africanist aesthetic through a careful exemplification and in contrast with the Europeanist ballet. It is the first study ever investigating these elements in dance. Thus, it provides a seminal methodological tool both for an understanding of the distinctive precepts of African-American Dance and for the disclosure of the underground traces of this culture and aesthetics in shaping Euro-American choreographers’ work, such as George Balanchine’s ballet. |
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| ISSN: | 2036-1599 |