Dooplé: The Eternal Law of African Dance (Choreography and by Alphonse Tierou

By Alphonse Tierou

The African dancer calls for whole technical mastery and needs to admire the ideal ideas passed down by means of the society of the Masques de Sagesse. Alphonse Tirou is from the Ouenon humans of the Ivory Coast. His significant learn is the 1st written checklist of this oral culture and it explains the pursuits, codes and meanings of the normal African dance. this can be very precious studying for all these learning or drawn to Africa, as dance is such a vital a part of this continent's cultural heritage.A former scholar of the nationwide Institute of Arts at Abidjan, Alphonse Tirou has been a senior dignitary within the Kman of the Masques de Sagesse for over two decades. he's at the moment educating on the Bloa Nam (Movements) dance university in Nmes, which he based in 1979 and that's nonetheless the single tuition around the globe to analyze African dance.

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