Brian Schrag is Senior Ethnomusicology & Arts Consultant, SIL International, and founder of the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University.

• 1 Setting the Stage: From Humble Learning to Artistic Communication2 First Meetings: Bamiléké Communities in Ethnographic and Artistic Context3 Discovery at Home: The Stable|Malleable Divide4 Confirmation from a Distance: The Inner Life of an Urban Dance Association5 Necessary Rigor: Multi-Artistic Description of One Enactment of One Communication Genre6 Better Futures: Stable|Malleable Dynamos in Community Thriving

"Through close ethnographic work, Brian Schrag creates a malleable dynamos model of the intertwined arts in Bamiléké communities where artists innovate and nurture community vitality in vibrant, subtle ways. As a result, Central and West African expressive performance and the humanities study is richer." Ruth Stone - Indiana University, Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology

Brian Schrag is Senior Ethnomusicology & Arts Consultant, SIL International, and founder of the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University.

• 1 Setting the Stage: From Humble Learning to Artistic Communication2 First Meetings: Bamiléké Communities in Ethnographic and Artistic Context3 Discovery at Home: The Stable|Malleable Divide4 Confirmation from a Distance: The Inner Life of an Urban Dance Association5 Necessary Rigor: Multi-Artistic Description of One Enactment of One Communication Genre6 Better Futures: Stable|Malleable Dynamos in Community Thriving

"Through close ethnographic work, Brian Schrag creates a malleable dynamos model of the intertwined arts in Bamiléké communities where artists innovate and nurture community vitality in vibrant, subtle ways. As a result, Central and West African expressive performance and the humanities study is richer." Ruth Stone - Indiana University, Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology

Brian Schrag is Senior Ethnomusicology & Arts Consultant, SIL International, and founder of the Center for Excellence in World Arts at Dallas International University.

• 1 Setting the Stage: From Humble Learning to Artistic Communication2 First Meetings: Bamiléké Communities in Ethnographic and Artistic Context3 Discovery at Home: The Stable|Malleable Divide4 Confirmation from a Distance: The Inner Life of an Urban Dance Association5 Necessary Rigor: Multi-Artistic Description of One Enactment of One Communication Genre6 Better Futures: Stable|Malleable Dynamos in Community Thriving

"Through close ethnographic work, Brian Schrag creates a malleable dynamos model of the intertwined arts in Bamiléké communities where artists innovate and nurture community vitality in vibrant, subtle ways. As a result, Central and West African expressive performance and the humanities study is richer." Ruth Stone - Indiana University, Professor Emerita, Ethnomusicology