 Choreographies of African identities: negritude, dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal.
Author: Castaldi, Francesca Published: 2006 Structured as a polyrhythmic ensemble, the narrative in Choreographies of African identities 'sounds' three interrelated interpretations of the work of the National Ballet of Senegal, each interpretation overlapping with the others as the layering of tracks in a music score. The first interpretative track situates the work of the Ballet in a North American theatre; the second line of analysis examines the work of the National Ballet in relation to Lépold Sédar Senghor's Négritude ideology and cultural politics; and a third interpretative track presents the circulation of dances in the streets, discotheques, and courtyards of Dakar, drawing attention to women dancers' occupation of the urban landscape. | 
