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Stepping into history : biography as approaches to contemporary South African choreography with specific reference to Bessie's Head (2000) and Miss Thandi (2002)

- Snyman, Johannes Hendrik Bailey

  • Authors: Snyman, Johannes Hendrik Bailey
  • Date: 2003
  • Subjects: Head, Bessie, 1937-1986 , Maqoma, Gregory -- Miss Thandi , Derrida, Jacques -- Criticism and interpretation , Biography , Choreography -- South Africa -- History
  • Language: English
  • Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
  • Identifier: vital:2154 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004678
  • Description: This mini-thesis is located in historical discursive practices, choreographing history, biography as a source for making dance in South Africa and choreographic transformations in South African choreography since the 1994 democratic elections. Derridian concepts of deconstruction will be referenced in an attempt to focus the argument of this research, which comments on choreographic transformations since 1994, by subverting the influence of the 'violent hierarchies' enforced by the apartheid regime on South African cultural life and choreographic identity. The researcher draws on these considerations in order to explore the hybrid nature of South African choreography that has emerged since 1994. Chapter one examines the fallacious nature of historical discourse through a consideration and application of Derrida's notions of deconstruction and fabrication. Chapter two explores the notion of choreographing history in theatre through a focus on the objective/subjective fallacy and the history of the body as a textual medium. Chapter three focuses the study specifically in biography as a discourse within the idea of theatre. This approach to biography can be encapsulated by the phrase 'telling lives'. This chapter also explores the relationship between the traditional binaries of writing as a purely cerebral act and choreography as a purely visceral experience. Chapter four brings the focus to the specific post-apartheid South African context. This chapter considers the hybrid forms of dance emerging in South Africa as well as the notion of protest in relation to theatre and dance. The final chapter is an investigation and analysis of two choreographic works created by South African choreographers since 1994 in relation to biography and concepts of deconstruction. These works are Gary Gordon's Bessie's Head (2000) and Gregory Maqoma's Miss Thandi (2002). The focus of the analysis also reveals the inherent difficulty in objective interpretation, and considers the problematics of collaboration and autobiography when choreographing within a biographical context.
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  • Date Issued: 2003

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Raymond Dart (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113529 , vital:33798 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC134a-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs continued interview about her connection with Hugh Tracey, the concert which they did together and a personal background of what she was doing before she met Hugh Tracey
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Peggy Tracey (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Peggy Tracey (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Peggy Tracey (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113511 , vital:33793 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC132b-01
  • Description: Peggy Tracey continued narration of Hugh Tracey's life in the Saronde Farm, surrounding people whom Hugh got in contact with, Hugh interest in everything which he did be it story telling, broadcasting, he did everything intensely and also more information on his interest
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Francis Spence (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Francis Spence (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113649 , vital:33816 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC137a-02
  • Description: This was about native languages which were no longer spoken, English being the language spoken, in Africa pressure was to speak English, French, Arabic and Swahili and television being a threat of language in Wales that is in Britain
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Folklore , Tales , Musical instruments , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113520 , vital:33797 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC133a-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs explaining as to how she met Hugh Tracey, first as a student and when she also visited Hugh's farm, discovered that besides music Hugh was interested in other aspects of arts such as foklore, tales, actual handcraft, instruments made, way of living and life for Africans, she also learnt that Hugh vision and goal was not just to build an African Library of music but that it should include the whole cultural aspect of it, found out that Hugh was good at drawing things out instead of talking to you, learnt that Hugh was very good with children no matter what nationality them came from, explained that Hugh was very meticulous and gave more information about Hugh Tracey the man and his interest
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Irene Frongs (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Irene Frongs (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Tracey, Peggy , Biography , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113542 , vital:33800 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC134b-01
  • Description: Irene Frongs interviewed to talk more about Peggy Tracey Hugh Tracey's former wife, her assistance and relation with Hugh, Irene explaining her involvement in the compiling of journals and articles and more about Hugh Tracey working operations
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Francis Spence (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

  • Authors: Francis Spence (Interviewee) , Interviewer unknown , Tracey, Andrew T N
  • Date: 1983
  • Subjects: Tracey, Hugh , Biography , Interviewing , Sub-Saharan African music
  • Language: English
  • Type: sound recordings , field recordings , sound recording-musical
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/113640 , vital:33815 , International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa , ATC137a-01
  • Description: This interview is about how Francis Spence met and connected with Hugh Tracey in particular through his knowledge of Mozambique and his view about Hugh Tracey and more of Hugh Tracey work operations
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  • Date Issued: 1983

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Daniel Mabuto (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

Hugh Tracey biographical material

- Daniel Mabuto (Interviewee), Interviewer unknown, Tracey, Andrew T N

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