Learning Senegalese Sabar : Dancers and Embodiment in New York and Dakar (Dance and Performance Studies) (Library Binding)

Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in New York & Dakar, this book explores the Senegalese dance-rhythms Sabar from the research position of a dance student. It features a comparative analysis of the pedagogical techniques used in dance classes in New York & Dakar, which in turn shed light on different aesthetics and understandings of dance..