CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCE: ACCEPTANCE CHALLENGES AND GROWING TREND

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dc.contributor.authorTemitope Adedokun-Richards
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-28T15:10:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-28T15:10:38Z
dc.date.issued2016-10
dc.descriptionThis research delves into the 'rivalry' between the contemporary dancer and the indigenous dancer, while the former is seen as a distortionist, the latter is seen as the preserver of the Nigerian culture. The research suggests a synergy between the two factions as they have a common goal in the end.
dc.description.abstractCONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCE: ACCEPTANCE, CHALLENGES AND GROWING TREND BY TEMITOPE ADEDOKUN-RICHARDS SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY, MALETE, NIGERIA topedokun@gmail.com ABSTRACT African dance performances have been popularized globally as a result of its initiators’ need for global identity. This has encouraged African dancers and choreographers to create work that address social, cultural and political issues peculiar to the African continent. However, so many debates have arisen to redefine contemporary dance and contemporary African dance. The latter, with a core reference to Africa depicts a dance with its roots and plot structure in Africa. This paper reflects on the impact of contemporary African dance on the contemporary Nigerian society made up of elites who are beginning to understand this new language in the performing arts. It analyses opinions from the two schools of thought in dance, that is, the ‘distortionist’, who is the contemporary dancer/choreographer or the preserver of culture, who is the indigenous dancer/choreographer. Therefore, this paper has been able to create a new term that will accommodate the different schools of thought- ‘Soco-tainment, to be able to accommodate both the preserver and distortionist. This will help in redefining the term ‘contemporary’ and promote new innovations in future dance performances. Keywords: Contemporary African Dance, Choreographers, Acceptance, Socio-tainment, Growing Trend
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dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/3499
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherASSOCIATION OF DANCE SCHOLARS AND PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA
dc.titleCONTEMPORARY AFRICAN DANCE: ACCEPTANCE CHALLENGES AND GROWING TREND
dc.typeArticle
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