Call For Papers
Submissions are invited for a special edition of the AFRICAN PERFORMANCE REVIEW on African Dances in and out of Africa.
Central Theme of the Special Edition
In 2013, APR curated an issue that focused on dance exclusively, and over a decade later, it is important to do so again.
COVID-19 had a profound impact on the dance sector in Africa. The arts funding landscape is even more difficult to navigate. Technology has enabled dancers from across the continent to move together in the digital sphere yet systematic inequalities in travel still exists across national borders. There is innovation of African dances on the stages, screens and streets and still the tension between appreciation and appropriation of African dances by the global north.
This special edition of the African Performance Review (APR) focuses on dances in Africa and out of Africa to provide a critical survey of how these have shaped our dance landscape.
This issue, as its previous special edition on dance did, hopes to include as many African dances, as many geographies, as many dance companies and choreographers, to stress the diversity and complexity of dances in and out of Africa and the plurality when Africa dances.
This special edition particularly aims to centre contributions from African scholars/choreographers/dancers/producers.
This edition intends to celebrate the diversity of the continent too in its format, so including the standard journal article, it also encourages visual essays, interviews, and other formats.
Please note that all correspondence regarding to, and submissions for this special edition of APR must be submitted to:
Professor Sarahleigh Castelyn (Guest Editor) at s.castelyn@uel.ac.uk
Please use the email heading: APR Dance 25
Please send a .doc that includes the following:
Name:
Affiliation:
Contact email:
Title:
Format: For example, article/visual essay/interview – please include a estimate of word count/number of images/length of visual essay/interview
Abstract: 500 words
Biography: 250 words
Should you be interested in submitting material, please take note of the foreseen timeline:
31st March 2025
17.00 BST
Deadline for abstracts
14th April 2025
Notification of outcome
7th of July 2025
17.00 BST
Deadline for submission of contributions
4th of August 2025
Peer review reports to authors
6th of October 2025 17.00 BST
Reworked submissions back to editor for finalisation
January 2025
Publication of special edition of APR
