Nelisiwe Xaba’s Fremde Tänze opens up questions of contemporary implications of dance history. Situated within the cultural politics of dance in Germany, especially funding programs such as Tanzfonds Erbe (dance funds heritage), Xaba’s work and the curatorial frame of the Julius-Hans-Spiegel-Zentrum project contest the notion of “cultural heritage” from a postcolonial perspective.

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2020
New York University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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“Historical Introduction” Powerpoint created for the Johannesburg production of Fremde Tänze by cocurator Eike Wittrock.

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“Historical Introduction” scripted for the Johannesburg production of Fremde Tänze by cocurator Eike Wittrock.

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