Productive docile bodies in Zimbabwean dance training : the African body in classical ballet training at Afrikera Arts Trust

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dc.contributor.author Zhuwawo, Alina
dc.contributor.author Sibanda, Nkululeko
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-01T10:41:47Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-01T10:41:47Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description.abstract In this paper, we deploy Foucault’s theories of power to interrogate body politics in ballet training in Zimbabwe. To achieve this, we critically examine instances of ballet-related discourse-induced docility occurring in the Afrikera Professional Dance Training (APDT) students’ bodies during training. From a Foucauldian perspective, we interrogate how a ballet dancer’s body that has been timeously ‘subjugated’ to a standard of expected behaviour by the society and has acclimated to a normalized African body posture which is conditioned to become ‘ideal’ through APTD’s ballet training. Through the intensive case study examination of the Afrikera Professional Dance Training ballet process, we observe possible shortfalls in Foucault’s theories of bio-power in social and community development advocacy. en_US
dc.description.department Drama en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2022 en_US
dc.description.uri https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/crid20 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Alina Zhuwawo & Nkululeko Sibanda (2021) Productive docile bodies in Zimbabwean dance training: the African body in classical ballet training at Afrikera Arts Trust, Research in Dance Education, 22:2, 159-173, DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2020.1746257. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1356-9783 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1470-112X (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1080/14647893.2020.1746257
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88584
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Routledge en_US
dc.rights © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an electronic version of an article published in Research in Drama Education, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 159-173, 2021. doi : 10.1080/14647893.2020.1746257. Research in Drama Education is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/crde20. en_US
dc.subject Docility en_US
dc.subject Ballet en_US
dc.subject African en_US
dc.subject Subjugation en_US
dc.subject Embodied en_US
dc.subject Body politics en_US
dc.subject Zimbabwe en_US
dc.subject Afrikera professional dance training (APDT) en_US
dc.title Productive docile bodies in Zimbabwean dance training : the African body in classical ballet training at Afrikera Arts Trust en_US
dc.type Postprint Article en_US


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