Choreographing HIV and AIDS in Contemporary Dance in South Africa
Book chapter
Castelyn, S. 2018. Choreographing HIV and AIDS in Contemporary Dance in South Africa. in: Campbell, Alyson and Gindt, Dirk (ed.) Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 215-233
| Authors | Castelyn, S. |
|---|---|
| Editors | Campbell, Alyson and Gindt, Dirk |
| Abstract | This essay explores how contemporary dance in South Africa responds to HIV and AIDS in its study of two choreographic works, Robyn Orlin’s We must eat our suckers with the wrappers On (2001) developed with dancers from the Market Theatre Laboratory, and Uncles and Angels (2013) by Nelisiwe Xaba and Mocke J. van Veuren. These choreographies illustrate the need for a stronger heterogeneity in the representation of HIV and AIDS in performance, in particular the circumstances of the South African experience of the virus; the role gender plays due to the patriarchal character of South African society where female sexuality is frequently governed and controlled by societal customs around sex, and the part Indigenous healers play in the prevention and/or the transmission of HIV. |
| Book title | Viral Dramaturgies: HIV and AIDS in Performance in the Twenty-First Century |
| Page range | 215-233 |
| Year | 2018 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 21 Mar 2018 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Deposited | 11 Feb 2019 |
| ISBN | 978-3-319-70316-9 |
| 978-3-319-70317-6 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70317-6_10 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.palgrave.com/9783319703169 |
| Additional information | © 2018 The Author |
| License | All rights reserved (under embargo) |
| Accepted author manuscript |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/84895
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