In a Lion’s Clothes (original) (raw)

Dance, Senses, Urban Contexts. Proceedings of the 29th Symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology, 2016, Retzhof Castle, Styria, Austria, 2017

Abstract

This paper presents a project on the simb lion dance and its performers in Senegal. The project combines research and artistic work for studying and presenting the simb, a local form of entertainment, where young men dance dressed up as lions with colorful costumes and face paint. The aim is to investigate the meanings of the simb in the contemporary urban context of Dakar. One of the themes examined is how media imagery, especially photos and films shared on social media, affects the practices of simb, and how social media are used by dancers to construct their identities as artists and to promote their performances.

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