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Dancing the rainbow nation as it bleeds: the Surialanga Dance Company in post-apartheid South Africa
South Asian Diaspora Pub Date : 2019-01-19 , DOI: 10.1080/19438192.2019.1568457
Smitha Radhakrishnan 1
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ABSTRACT This article analyzes the work of the Surialanga Dance Company of Durban, South Africa, which debuted at Nelson Mandela's inauguration in 1994. Inspired by Mandela's vision of intercultural harmony and created through sustained engagement with Zulu culture, Surialanga created a uniquely South African version of Indian classical Bharatanatyam that threatens colonial and apartheid constructs of “pure” Indian identity. But the company's powerful decolonial message has become less resonant in a post-apartheid context that continues to be structured by what Ndlovu-Gatsheni has called the “colonial matrix of power,” a legacy of colonialism and apartheid that results in a narrow focus on ethnic and racial identities. Drawing both from direct participation and interviews with the director and company members (2001–2008; 2018), this article traces the history of Surialanga's decolonising praxis from Mandela's inauguration to the present, arguing for the continued salience of Surialanga's dance, even in the face of particularism and violence.

中文翻译:

在流血的彩虹国家跳舞:种族隔离后南非的 Surialanga 舞蹈团

摘要 本文分析了南非德班 Surialanga 舞蹈团的作品,该团于 1994 年在纳尔逊曼德拉的就职典礼上首次亮相。受到曼德拉跨文化和谐愿景的启发,并通过与祖鲁文化的持续接触,苏里亚兰加创造了一个独特的南非版本印度古典 Bharatanatyam 威胁着“纯”印度身份的殖民和种族隔离结构。但是,该公司强大的去殖民信息在后种族隔离的背景下变得不那么引起共鸣,这种背景继续由 Ndlovu-Gatsheni 所说的“殖民权力矩阵”构成,这是殖民主义和种族隔离的遗产,导致对种族的狭隘关注。和种族身份。直接参与和采访董事和公司成员(2001-2008 年;2018 年),
更新日期:2019-01-19
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