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Treffer: Solidarity as spectacle: resistance, resilience, and renewal in the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration

Title:
Solidarity as spectacle: resistance, resilience, and renewal in the Latvian Song and Dance Celebration
Authors:
Alys Daroy, Joshua Zeunert
Source:
Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. 29:422-438
Publisher Information:
Informa UK Limited, 2024.
Publication Year:
2024
Subject Terms:
anzsrc-for: 36 Creative Arts and Writing, anzsrc-for: 3604 Performing Arts, anzsrc-for: 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing, anzsrc-for: 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy, 36 Creative Arts and Writing, anzsrc-for: 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 3604 Performing Arts
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Article
Language:
English
ISSN:
1470-112X
1356-9783
DOI:
10.1080/13569783.2024.2369609
Rights:
CC BY NC ND
Accession Number:
edsair.doi.dedup.....3d307b8c2b6b5e0c60c50bae65b4366e
Database:
OpenAIRE

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The Latvian Song and Dance Celebration's 150th Anniversary (2023) offers a unique case study of community performance's capacity to express solidarity on a spectacular scale. This article argues that the choral concerts may be viewed as applied theatre given their historical and continuing expressions of political resistance, cultural resilience and community renewal. In 2023, the UNESCO listed Celebration incorporated 40,560 performers, around 500,000 in-person spectators and the world's largest choir of 16,500 singers. The mega-event invokes solidarity and spectacle's nested paradoxes amidst historic and continuing socio-political tensions and the Russo-Ukraine War (2014-) while simultaneously highlighting their powerfully affective impact.