THEA 433 — African Performance Theories
Theatre Arts · University of Ghana
The course examines the performing arts in traditional and contemporary African societies with the view of identifying some undelying concepts or theories of these art forms. Notions of ‗total theatre‘, ‗anasegro‘ and ‗abibigro‘, ‗folk theatre‘ etc., will be interrogated, tracing their histories and links to story telling, ritual performances, festivals, dance drama, performancemusic and choreography. The course would further focus on the use of space, structure and form of traditional and contemporary African performances from across the continent.
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Level 400
- Semester
- Semester One
Other courses on this programme
- THEA 424 — African Arts and Ideas
- THEA 425 — Production Participation III
- THEA 426 — Oriental Theatre
- THEA 427 — African-American Theatre
- THEA 428 — Media and Society
- THEA 432 — Production Participation IV
- THEA 434 — Stage Make-up
- THEA 435 — Effective Communication in Performance
- THEA 436 — African Plays and Playwrights
- THEA 437 — Puppet Theatre
- THEA 438 — Production and Project Development
- THEA 439 — Modern West African Drama
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 2 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Humanities (2017).