Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance - 9780252078262

Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora DanceIgniting Citizenship\nAuthor(s): Yvonne Daniel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252078262, 978-0252078262\nSynopsis\nIn Caribbean and Atlantic Diaspora Dance: Igniting Citizenship, Yvonne Daniel provides a sweeping cultural and historical examination of diaspora dance genres. In discussing relationships among African, Caribbean, and other diasporic dances, Daniel investigates social dances brought to the islands by Europeans and Africans, including quadrilles and drum-dances as well as popular dances that followed, such as Carnival parading, Pan-Caribbean danzas,rumba, merengue, mambo, reggae, and zouk. Daniel reviews sacred dance and closely documents combat dances, such as Martinican ladja, Trinidadian kalinda, and Cuban juego de man. In drawing on scores of performers and consultants from the region as well as on her own professional dance experience .