Hip-hop dance vs Donald Trump: how robot moves just got political

Bachmann, M. (2017) Hip-hop dance vs Donald Trump: how robot moves just got political. Conversation, 16 Aug.

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Abstract

This short article compares two dance productions, Boy Blue Entertainment's 'Blak Whyte Gray' (2017) and Shobana Jeyasingh's 'Material Men redux' (2017), in order to assess how dance--and hip-hop in particular--may be used to 'do' politics.

Item Type:Articles (Newspaper Article)
Keywords:Dance, political theatre, Boy Blue Entertainment, Shobana Jeyasingh, colonialism, hip-hop.
Status:Published
Refereed:No
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Bachmann, Dr Michael
Authors: Bachmann, M.
Subjects:P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Culture and Creative Arts > Theatre Film and TV Studies
Journal Name:Conversation
Publisher:The Conversation
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2017 The Author
First Published:First published in The Conversation 16 August 2017
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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