Ballet Matters

Ballet Matters
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 209
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ISBN-10 : 9781476634685
ISBN-13 : 1476634688
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Book Synopsis Ballet Matters by : Jennifer Fisher

Download or read book Ballet Matters written by Jennifer Fisher and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part dance history and ethnography, this critical study explores ballet's power to inspire and to embody ideas about politics, race, women's agency, and spiritual experience. The author knows that dance relates to life in powerful individual and communal ways, reflecting culture and embodying new ideas. Although ballet can appear (and sometimes is) elite and exclusionary, it also has revolutionary potential.


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