Umuntu, Ngumuntu, Ngabantu
The story of the African choir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5819322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Collins (0000-0002-9914-3890, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 95-114 |
| Publication date | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Theatre and Performance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-2761 • E-ISSN: 2040-0616 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1386/stap.27.2.95_1 |
| OpenAlex | W1974648782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article describes a collaborative practice-as-research project that is being developed by the Market Theatre Laboratory in Johannesburg and Wimbledon College of Art in the United Kingdom.The article seeks to explain some of the ways in which an analysis of the costumes and stage design of performances by a South African choir that toured Britain at the end of the nineteenth century are being used as a starting point for a new work for the stage.The project uses the medium of performance in order to investigate the production and reception of performance, under the colonial gaze, by a group of young, black South Africans.It offers a critical perspective on the way in which this group attempted to construct a 'stage' identity designed to meet the expectations of western audiences, and speculates about the extent to which the failure of the tour may be attributed to the Choir's failure to fulfil these expectations
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |