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" Dancing with Empty Water Bottles at L’ Afrique a un incroyable talent, Brought to You by Nestlé "
Marie-Anne Kohl
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AL
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1076786
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LA120415
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10.1163/18757421-05101005
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English
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Marie-Anne Kohl
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Dancing with Empty Water Bottles at L’ Afrique a un incroyable talent, Brought to You by Nestlé [Article]\ Marie-Anne Kohl
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Leiden: Brill
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Matatu
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2020
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51/1
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169–192
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Departing from a close reading of a particular performance to examplify localisation processes of the global Reality TV talent show format, this paper offers an analysis of the relationship between talent shows and patronage. Based on a concrete music and dance performance analysis, it further contributes to the more general discussion of transnational format trade and format adaptation by putting a focus on the entanglement of patronage, intervention and transformation. The analysis of the performance in question addresses how the musicians and dancers approached a concrete problem by creating a sense of belonging, involvement and disorientation through aesthetic means. With their critical stance, they position themselves in a specific local performing arts tradition, which itself is connected to earlier theatre and TV talent contests. Referring to the concept of glocalisation, I suggest that local topics of critique and intervention are part of the localising effect of the Reality TV talent show format. Departing from a close reading of a particular performance to examplify localisation processes of the global Reality TV talent show format, this paper offers an analysis of the relationship between talent shows and patronage. Based on a concrete music and dance performance analysis, it further contributes to the more general discussion of transnational format trade and format adaptation by putting a focus on the entanglement of patronage, intervention and transformation. The analysis of the performance in question addresses how the musicians and dancers approached a concrete problem by creating a sense of belonging, involvement and disorientation through aesthetic means. With their critical stance, they position themselves in a specific local performing arts tradition, which itself is connected to earlier theatre and TV talent contests. Referring to the concept of glocalisation, I suggest that local topics of critique and intervention are part of the localising effect of the Reality TV talent show format.
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African Studies
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African talent shows
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Commodification of Art
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Comparative Studies World Literature
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Critical Performance
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Criticism Theory
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Cultural History
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Glocalisation
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L’ Afrique a un incroyable talent
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Literature Culture
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Literature and Cultural Studies
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Mbalax
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Nestlé
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Postcolonial Literature Culture
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Senegalese Dance
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Water Problem
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10.1163/18757421-05101005
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