Aesthetics and possession: Katherine Dunham’s ‘Shango’ and the Black Dance Performance tradition
Dance, Movement & Spiritualities June 1, 2024 Y. W. V. Hunter
In this article, I explore the aesthetic interconnectedness between Katherine Dunham’s ‘Shango’ and Haitian Vodou spirit possession (a sublime embodiment). I assert that Dunham’s ‘Shango’ catalyses an aesthetic of Black Dance Performance through the enactment of spirit possession as an aesthetic value within the choreography and Black Dance Performance largely. I employ an intertextual,...