Akwantuo: Plight of the Immigrant

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dc.contributor.advisorKeefe, Mauraen_US
dc.contributor.authorBraimah, Mustaphaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDanceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-12T05:30:48Z
dc.date.available2018-09-12T05:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractAkwantuo: Plight of The Immigrant was an evening-length dance concert performed March 9, 10 and 11, 2018, at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in partial fulfillment of the Master of Fine Arts degree from University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies. This paper addresses the creation of the original piece, which blends African and contemporary dance with Ghanaian dance theatre. These styles have been linked to the ramifications of the development of dance in Ghana before and after independence. The project situates the choreographer’s personal experience arriving from Ghana at a US airport. This work tackles the feeling of vulnerability, injustice, frustration, humiliation, disappointment and sheer terror of being at someone else’s mercy when being denied a visa or entry into the United States of America. In sum, this paper is a documentation demonstrating the inspiration, research, movement motif, creative process, and conception of the project.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2Q52FH0R
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21194
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArt educationen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAfrican historyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAfrican studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledContemporary African Danceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledDance Dramaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImmigranten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImmigrationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNeo-traditional Danceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledStereotypeen_US
dc.titleAkwantuo: Plight of the Immigranten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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