Ballet across Borders (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
216
Utgivningsdatum
1998-10-01
Upplaga
First
Förlag
Berg Publishers
Medarbetare
Wulff, H.
Illustrationer
1, black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
235 x 155 x 10 mm
Vikt
320 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
xiii, 185 p. :
ISBN
9781859739983

Ballet across Borders

Career and Culture in the World of Dancers

av Helena Wulff
Häftad,  Engelska, 1998-10-01
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This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world, its competition and camaraderie, sexual politics, intimacies, pressures and, not least of all, its magic. Ballet companies have endeavoured to hide what is going on backstage lest the reality of highly strung nerves, constant fatigue and pain from injuries tarnish the illusion of ethereal figures and seemingly weightless steps in polished performances. But the audience's perceptions of fairy-tale worlds onstage are far removed from the experiences of the dancers themselves. The author, who trained to be a dancer, has been given an entre to this private world that few outsiders ever see.Books on ballet tend to focus on performance. In contrast, this book, which draws on extensive fieldwork with major companies such as London's Royal Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre in New York, the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Ballett Frankfurt, is about dancers - how their careers are made and unmade and what happens in dance companies offstage. Anyone interested in the culture of ballet or the theatre, as well as students of anthropology, dance, performance and cultural studies, will want to read what really goes on when the curtain comes down.
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"If one test of an ethnography is for participants to recognise themselves and their world, this ethnography of the Western classical ballet world succeeds amply ... This book is a rare attempt to raise the curtain on backstage activities, revealing tantalising glimpses of this 'closed' ballet world. - The Australian Journal of Anthropology A wealth of anecdotal information about backstage life. - Ethnos"

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Helena Wulff Senior Lecturer,Stockholm University

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements, 1. Prologue: A Return to the Ballet World, 2. The Transnational Context, 3. Work as Vocation, 4. Classical Ballet Culture, 5. Producing Performance, 6. Moving and Mixing, Bibliography, Index

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