DanceExtravaganza Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/danceextravaganza/ Anthropology for Radical Optimism Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:47:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://allegralaboratory.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-Icon-Allegra-Lab-Fixed-32x32.png DanceExtravaganza Archives - Allegra Lab https://allegralaboratory.net/category/thematic-threads/danceextravaganza/ 32 32 Music’s Marvellous Medicine & Moerman’s ‘Meaning Effect’ https://allegralaboratory.net/musics-marvellous-medicine-moermans-meaning-effect/ https://allegralaboratory.net/musics-marvellous-medicine-moermans-meaning-effect/#respond Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:00:28 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8518 I am not alone in using music medicinally. The use of music’s mood altering properties was one of the themes […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/musics-marvellous-medicine-moermans-meaning-effect/feed/ 0 The Politics of Framing and Staging. Interdisciplinary approaches to performance https://allegralaboratory.net/the-politics-of-framing-and-staging-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-performance/ Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:00:02 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8467 Bernardo: Who’s there? Francisco: Nay, answer me: stand and unfold yourself! [i] These opening lines of Shakespeare’s Hamlet create a scenario […]

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]]> Karaoke as performance ideology: youth and self-fashioning in Kampala’s night life https://allegralaboratory.net/karaoke-as-performance-ideology-youth-and-self-fashioning-in-kampalas-night-life/ https://allegralaboratory.net/karaoke-as-performance-ideology-youth-and-self-fashioning-in-kampalas-night-life/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2014 05:00:08 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8437 Yellow Bar, Mukono, Central Uganda; February 2010. It is Saturday night in Mukono on the outskirts of Kampala city. The […]

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]]> https://allegralaboratory.net/karaoke-as-performance-ideology-youth-and-self-fashioning-in-kampalas-night-life/feed/ 0 Air Guitar as Folk Art https://allegralaboratory.net/air-guitar-as-folk-art/ https://allegralaboratory.net/air-guitar-as-folk-art/#respond Tue, 11 Nov 2014 05:00:22 +0000 https://allegralaboratory.net//?p=8401 On arriving at Oulu, Finland’s airport, signs somewhat cheekily announce “You’re in a smart city.” The proud reference to Oulu’s […]

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