6 janvier 2020
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Inés Bigot, « Dance and Dissidence in Wole Soyinka’s Plays: From Status Quo to Revolution », Commonwealth Essays and Studies, ID : 10.4000/ces.609
In Wole Soyinka’s plays, dance reveals an open conception of African identity, namely a fluid, perpetually evolving one which leaves room for metamorphosis and change. As the symbol of transition, dance is often invested with revolutionary potential, pointing the way to a new dawn, out of an existential and political status quo. Embodying resistance and dissidence, the dancing bodies in Soyinka’s plays contribute to the reconfiguration of individual and communal identity.