Midgelow, V. (2007) Reworking the Ballet: Counter Narratives and Alternative Bodies. London, New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 9780415976039.
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Abstract:
Challenging and unsettling their predecessors, modern choreographers such as Matthew Bourne, Mark Morris and Masaki Iwana have courted controversy and notoriety by reimagining the most canonical of Classical and Romantic ballets.
In this book, Vida Midgelow illustrates the ways in which these contemporary reworkings destroy and recreate their source material, turning ballet from a classical performance to a vital exploration of gender, sexuality and cultural difference.
Reworking the Ballet: Counter Narratives and Alternative Bodies articulates the ways that audiences and critics can experience these new versions, viewing them from both practical and theoretical perspectives, including:
- eroticism and the politics of touch
- performing gender
- cross-casting and cross-dressing
-reworkings and intertextuality
- cultural exchange andhybridity.
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Creators:
Midgelow, V.
Publisher:
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
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Date:
December 2007
Date Type:
Publication
Place of Publication:
London, New York
Number of Pages:
223
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780415976039
Status:
Published / Disseminated
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