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by Anthea Kraut

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Recovers an important dimension of the work of the renowned African American artist

While Zora Neale Hurston and her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God have become widely celebrated, she was also a prolific stage director and choreographer. In the 1930s Hurston produced theatrical concerts that depicted a day in the life of a railroad work camp in Florida and featured a rousing Bahamian Fire Dance as the dramatic finale. In Choreographing the Folk, Anthea Kraut traces the significance and influence of Hurston's little-known choreographic work.

Hurston's concerts were concrete illustrations of the "real Negro art theatre" she was eager to establish, and they compellingly demonstrate how she used the arena of performance to advance a nuanced understanding of the black diaspora. Her version of the Fire Dance was staged in a variety of venues during the 1930s. In its multiple representations, Kraut asserts, the dance raised critical issues about ownership, artistry, and authenticity. Choreographing the Folk argues for the significance of Hurston's choreography, and with perceptiveness, sensitivity, and originality, Kraut illuminates the important and often-contested place of black folk dance in American culture.

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  • Title Choreographing the Folk: The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston
  • Author Anthea Kraut
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN
  • Publication date 2008-10-03
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780816647125 / 0816647127
  • Weight 0.93 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 6.04 x 0.74 in (22.61 x 15.34 x 1.88 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Category Performing Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Choreography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008014876
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.808

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Citations

  • Choice, 04/01/2009, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/17/2008, Page 21
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2009, Page 96

About the author

Anthea Kraut is assistant professor of dance at the University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in dance history and theory.

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