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Sylvia 'Magogo' Glasser's: Tranceformations and Transformations
​Due for release: 19 September 2019
R240
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Body Politics: Fingerprinting South African Contemporary Dance
by Author Adrienne. C. Sichel 
@R400

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“a highly valuable publication as a well-researched and documented history and development of contemporary dance theatre. It is also a record of the impressive number of artists, companies and festivals who have made a major difference in this genre. It’s almost a university course in its own right!”
-Caroline Smart, editor of Artsmart.co.za

Book Overview

Body Politics: Fingerprinting South African Contemporary Dance is a blend of award winning, veteran dance writer Adrienne Sichel’s journalistic writing and experience combined with a vast collection of research material on the evolution of contemporary dance in South Africa. This finger printing exercise connects some of the dots of how a very valuable, even unique, heritage, has taken shape.

In Body Politics: Fingerprinting South African Contemporary Dance Sichel presents some of the markers in the timeline and sketches the eras and genres which make up this art form in South Africa and on the African continent. This book is the only existing blueprint of contemporary dance in South Africa and will undoubtedly be a seminal teaching guide in performance studies. Embedded in the statistics and histories lie a ganglia of complex narratives and aesthetic alchemies inextricably connected to, and emerging from, a still fractured society in constant transition.

Body Politics:Fingerprinting South African Contemporary Dance is a concerted attempt to map this artistic terrain in a
socio political context. Whilst being acutely aware of the gaps, Sichel’s outline of this creative cartography
aims to be as comprehensive as possible in framing, tracing and tracking a remarkable, intrinsic component of our cultural ethos. 

Body Politics: Fingerprinting South African Contemporary Dance covers roughly 75 years of our contemporary dance history up until November 2014 when the book was completed. Key features of this book include: The birth of Afro-fusion; cultural activism during Apartheid; subversive story tellers; the birth of South African dance theatre; what is African contemporary dance? and what is the role
of the dance writer?
 
This teaching treasure trove is also a collector’s item boasting 40 gorgeous and powerful historical dance images captured by the prolific John Hogg. The 400 high quality, artfully printed books are numbered and signed by the
author. This is the only book of its kind ever produced on contemporary dance in South Africa and is proudly self published through The Ar(t)chive by Porcupine Press in Johannesburg.

Featured in this one of a kind book are artists, companies and festivals which include early pioneers and contemporary players such as: Sylvia Glasser, Tossie van Tonder, Carly Dibakoane, Robyn Orlin, Alfred Hinkel, Jay Pather, Debbie Rakusin, Jackie Mbuyiselwa Semela, Jayespri Moopen,Jeannette Ginslov, Boyzie Ntsikelelo Cekwana, Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe, Gregory Maqoma, Lliane Loots, Nelisiwe Xaba, PJ Sabbagha, Dada Masilo, Mamela Nyamza, Fana Tshabalala, Jazzart Dance Theatre, Moving into Dance Mophatong, The First Physical Theatre Company, The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative, Flatfoot Dance Company, Via Kathlehong Pantsulas, Dance Umbrella, Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience, The Baxter Dance Festival.

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2) Local and National Delivery Postnet to Postnet charges apply (R99 excl packaging) up to 5kg.
3) International and national door to door courier costs not covered in the book price but can be arranged by The Ar(t)chive.Please email info@theartchive.co.za

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Body Politics: Fingerprinting South African 
Contemporary Dance by Author Adrienne. C. Sichel.
Photo by Val Adamson

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Photographic Prints

The Ar(t)chive in collaboration with photographer John Hogg and Silverstone International are offering sales on a selection of original John Hogg dance photographs. Each photograph will be signed by the photographer, professionaly printed and archivally framed for preservation. Delivery free in the Johannesburg area. Please contact me for sales as well as courier cost outside of Johannesburg on: info@theartchive.co.za
Package Cost: R20,000.00

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NOTICE: All images are copyright of John Hogg. No image may be distributed, reproduced or used without the prior written/contractual consent of John Hogg and The Ar(t)chive.

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