The dramaturgy of “village on the stage”
The theme this season is "behind the scenes" so this episode we're talking dramaturgy; a field of practice that deals with how an idea goes from the page to the stage. We sat down with Dr. Margit Edwards to unpack "village on the stage"; a popular dramaturgical structure behind many neo-traditional and contemporary African dance performances. Dr. Edwards shares how her early beginnings as a dancer and actor led her to Orixá dance and other Afro-Brazilian dance forms with specific storytelling structures, and how these forms influence her work as an ethnographer and educator.
And for our movement break, we take you to the Peoplehood Parade; a Philadelphia tradition that centers participatory theater and brings together performance, pedagogy, and politics.
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Produced & edited by OreOluwa Badaki and Azsaneé Truss with support from the Digital Futures Institute (DFI) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Check out more DFI podcasts here. Don't miss the upcoming launch of the Black and Asian Solidarity Collective's podcast with co-hosts Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Dr. Judy Yu!
And for our movement break, we take you to the Peoplehood Parade; a Philadelphia tradition that centers participatory theater and brings together performance, pedagogy, and politics.
Find the episode transcript here
Find episode resources here
Produced & edited by OreOluwa Badaki and Azsaneé Truss with support from the Digital Futures Institute (DFI) at Teachers College, Columbia University. Check out more DFI podcasts here. Don't miss the upcoming launch of the Black and Asian Solidarity Collective's podcast with co-hosts Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Dr. Judy Yu!
Theme music: Unrest by ELPHNT on Directory.Audio
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