Black Dance is a scholarly construct within Black Performance Studies that designates choreographic and embodied practices rooted in the histories, aesthetics, and socio-political experiences of African diasporic communities, distinguished by its emphasis on rhythm, improvisation, gesture, and resistance as forms of cultural expression and epistemic knowledge.
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Terpsichore in Sneakers: Post-Modern Dance
Barbara Kohn, Sally Banes · The Antioch Review · 1980 · 298 citations
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- TFThomas F. DeFrantz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
4 publications · 110 citations
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- AKAnthea Kraut
3 publications · 138 citations
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2 publications · 59 citations
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Connecticut College
New London, United States
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2 publications
29 citations
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, United States
2 h-index
3 publications
143 citations
University of California, Davis
Davis, United States
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2 publications
36 citations
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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2 publications
58 citations
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
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3 publications
50 citations
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Salvador, Brazil
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2 publications
47 citations
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
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2 publications
42 citations
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, United States
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2 publications
52 citations
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 26 publications · 2K citations
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- Dance Research Journal
DRJ · 14 publications · 756 citations
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- The Journal of Pan-African Studies
5 publications · 208 citations
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- Theatre Journal
3 publications · 126 citations
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- Journal of American History
3 publications · 100 citations
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