Black theatricalities
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https://doi.org/10.5965/1414573104532024e119Keywords:
black theatricalities, black theater, ballroom culture, vogue, Nkoli - The Vogue OperaAbstract
Beginning with a brief review of the concept of theatricality, the article proposes a conceptualization of "Black theatricalities" through intersecting historical, philosophical, and social perspectives. By examining the interactions between body, memory, and history, the text offers a critical, multidisciplinary analysis of how Black scenic productions serve as forms of resistance. Finally, it discusses two contemporary artistic and cultural practices — voguing and ballroom culture — that generate forms of theatricality which can be understood as Black, with particular attention to how these expressions are embodied in the South African production Nkoli - The Vogue Opera.
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