Poza ramą. Wizerunki kobiet i mężczyzn w Jeziorze łabędzim i Giselle Matsa Eka
Outside the Frame. Images of Femininity and Masculinity in “Swan Lake” and “Giselle” with choreography by Mats Ek

Author(s): Anastasia Nabokina
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the possibilities and strategies for constructing images of the body in the art of dance, as well as to describe the discourse of carnality created by dance. The author uses a methodology based on critical theory. Research material, i.e. thechoreography by Mats Ek, allow to applied to the study categories „the scene” and „the obscene” created by Lynda Nead. Through the analysis of movements, gestures and postures used in the different styles of Western dance, the author approaches to describe images of femininity and masculinity created by the art of dance.

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