Staging Ghana

Artistry and Nationalism in State Dance Ensembles

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Theory & Criticism, Ethnomusicology, Dance, Performing Arts
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Author: Paul Schauert ISBN: 9780253017499
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: September 7, 2015
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Paul Schauert
ISBN: 9780253017499
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: September 7, 2015
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana’s national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of the ensemble and the aims of the individual performers work in opposition. Schauert discusses the history of the dance troupe and its role in Ghana’s post-independence nation-building strategy and illustrates how the nation’s culture makes its way onto the stage. He argues that as dancers negotiate the terrain of what is or is not authentic, they also find ways to express their personal aspirations, discovering, within the framework of nationalism or collective identity, that there is considerable room to reform national ideals through individual virtuosity.

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The Ghana Dance Ensemble takes Ghana’s national culture and interprets it in performance using authentic dance forms adapted for local or foreign audiences. Often, says Paul Schauert, the aims of the ensemble and the aims of the individual performers work in opposition. Schauert discusses the history of the dance troupe and its role in Ghana’s post-independence nation-building strategy and illustrates how the nation’s culture makes its way onto the stage. He argues that as dancers negotiate the terrain of what is or is not authentic, they also find ways to express their personal aspirations, discovering, within the framework of nationalism or collective identity, that there is considerable room to reform national ideals through individual virtuosity.

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