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Staging the Nation: Authenticity, Authentication, and Authority in the Ghana Dance Ensemble

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2013

Paul Schauert
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Abstract

This paper will explore the migration of local and global markers of authority as members of the Ghana Dance Ensemble (GDE) negotiate the ideologies of nationalism, attempting to re/create cultural forms that will be judged “authentic” by both indigenous and international communities. This will include examining how Western and local practices have merged to re/establish power relationships between choreographers and performers as they work to devise strategies that give an aura of authenticity to various dance forms.

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Research Article
Information
Congress on Research in Dance Conference Proceedings , Volume 39 , supplement S1: Choreographies Of Migration: Patterns Of Global Mobility , 2007 , pp. 173 - 178
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2007

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