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‘Why I Am Not a Fan of the Lion King’: Ethically Informed Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of South African Dance Forms in Higher Education in the United Kingdom

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Castelyn discusses tensions around the homogenization of dance from the African continent in terms of both its forms and its content. This chapter debates the ethical implications this has on her teaching of South African dance forms in a British university. She discusses implications on pedagogical practices in terms of supporting British dance students in finding meaningful understandings of South African dance styles. She introduces three ethically informed approaches that she draws on within her own teaching practice to address this.

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  1. University of East London, London, UK

    Sarahleigh Castelyn

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  1. Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

    Adesola Akinleye

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A version of this essay originally appeared in the South African Dance Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, Winter 2013, 1–19. Thank you to the editor of the said journal for copyright permission to publish this adaptation.

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Castelyn, S. (2018). ‘Why I Am Not a Fan of the Lion King’: Ethically Informed Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of South African Dance Forms in Higher Education in the United Kingdom. In: Akinleye, A. (eds) Narratives in Black British Dance. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70314-5_9

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