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Cultural education in Ghana: a case study of dance development in the University system

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The details of the research into African dance-theatre conducted by the Institute of African Studies of the University of Ghana are presented. The researchers faced some problems at the initial stage of their study, because the University was not accustomed to a cultural program that brought local priests, musicians, and dancers from the ethnic system to the campus.

Science & research, Ghana, Research, African drama, African dance

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Virginia Woolf and the dance

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The work of Virginia Woolf whose writing is associated with a radical departure form nineteenth-century realist strategies in fiction and the impact of dance on her work id described. Throughout, Virginia Woolf's writing references to dance occur more frequently than one might expect where she alludes to both social dance and performance.

United States, Authors, Writers, Criticism and interpretation, Woolf, Virginia

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San Francisco innovators and iconoclasts: Dance and politics in the left coast city

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The article explores evolution of postmodern dance theatres in San Francisco in 1980s and 1990s which had political and social themes. Focus is laid on the choreographers of the San Francisco dance theatres and the impact of their dance.

California, Public affairs, Social aspects, Evaluation, Political aspects, San Francisco, California, Postmodern art

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