TY  - BOOK
AU  - Katrak,Ketu H.
TI  - Jay Pather, performance, and spatial politics in South Africa /Ketu H. Katrak
T2  - African expressive cultures
SN  - 9780253053695
AV  - GV1785 .J397 2021
KW  - Pather, Jay
KW  - Choreographers
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Arts
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Journeys across Political, Socio-racial, and Geographic Borderlines: Interconnecting the Present, Past, and Future --; The Transitional and the In-between: Theoretical and Creative Engagements with Urban Geography (2000-2015) --; Curatorial Choreographies: Challenges of Curating Public Art Festivals (2007-Present); 2; b
N2  - "Jay Pather, Performance and Spatial Politics in South Africa offers the first full-length monograph on the award-winning choreographer, theater director, curator, and creative artist in contemporary global performance. Working within the contexts of African studies, dance, theater, and performance, Ketu H. Katrak explores the extent of Pather's productive career but also places him and his work in the South African and global arts scene, where he is considered a visionary. Pather, a South African of Indian heritage, is known as a master of space, site, and location. Katrak examines how Pather's performance practices place him in the center of global trends that are interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, collaborative, and multimedia and that cross borders between dance, theater, visual art, and technology. Jay Pather, Performance and Spatial Politics in South Africa offers a vision of an artist who is strategically aware of the spatiality of human life, who understands the human body as the nation's collective history, and who is a symbol of hope and resilience after the trauma of violent segregation"--
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