Francesca Castaldi

Francesca Castaldi is an independent dance scholar and ethnographer known for her work on African dance and identity. She authored the book 'Choreographies of African Identities: Négritude, Dance, and the National Ballet of Senegal,' published in 2006, which explores the intersections of dance, nationalism, and cultural performance in Senegal. Her research draws on ethnographic methods to analyze how dance choreographies construct African identities.