Choreographing the Folk The Dance Stagings of Zora Neale Hurston |
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| Author:
| Kraut, Anthea |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-4712-5 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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While Zora Neale Hurston and her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God have become widely celebrated, she was also a prolific stage director and choreographer. In the 1930s Hurston produced theatrical concerts that depicted a day in the life of a railroad work camp in Florida and featured a rousing Bahamian Fire Dance as the dramatic finale. In Choreographing the Folk, Anthea Kraut traces the significance and influence of Hurston's little-known choreographic work.
While Zora Neale Hurston and her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God have become widely celebrated, she was also a prolific stage director and choreographer. In the 1930s Hurston produced theatrical concerts that depicted a day in the life of a railroad work camp in Florida and featured a rousing Bahamian Fire Dance as the dramatic finale. In Choreographing the Folk, Anthea Kraut traces the significance and influence of Hurston's little-known choreographic work.