Dance in Barbados
Dance in Barbados
Reclaiming, Preserving, and Creating National Identities
Susan Harewood and John Hunte reveal a wealth of information and insight about how the range of Barbados dance and policy on that island helps form identities, from the historical dances, to efforts after independence to use dance to promote nation building, to developing the government-funded Barbados Dance Theatre Company, to that uniquely Barbadian organization, the Landship. Issues of class, of who gets government subsidy, of emphasis on the African-derived or European-derived come to the fore within their framing question of decency and indecency. The wukking up to soca and calypso at Crop Over, Barbados' carnival season, is contrasted with a resurgence of ballroom dancing, liturgical dance, and new dance companies.
Keywords: Barbados dance, Susan Harewood, John Hunte, Barbados Dance Theatre Company, Landship, decency and indecency, wukking up, calypso, Crop Over, liturgical dance
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