“Dancing Queen”: The Court Ballets of Anne of Austria,
Queen of France (1615–1635)
“Dancing Queen”: The Court Ballets of Anne of Austria,
Queen of France (1615–1635)
Author(s): Marie-Claude Canova-GreenSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Social history
Published by: Arx Regia® Wydawnictwo Zamku Królewskiego w Warszawie – Muzeum
Keywords: French court ballet; saraos, máscaras; comedias; saraband; pastoral plays; Queen consort; motherhood; beauty; dependence; submission; Salic law
Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the ballets danced by Queen Anne of Austria at the French court in the years 1615–1635 to show how their form and content were less the result of personal preferences, but had more to do with the queen’s naturalization and “domestication.” Anne was constantly reminded of her duties of loyalty and submission to her royal husband and made to pay homage to her mother-in-law in a show of subservience without precedent.
Journal: Kronika Zamkowa. Roczniki
- Issue Year: 8/2021
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 51-78
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English