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(Re:) Claiming Ballet by Adesola Akinleye

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ISBN
9781789383614

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Intellect, The Limited
ISBN-10
1789383617
ISBN-13
9781789383614
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16050383758

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
(Re:) Claiming Ballet
Publication Year
2021
Subject
General, Dance / Classical & Ballet
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Sports & Recreation
Author
Adesola Akinleye
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
(Re:) Claiming Ballet is a comprehensive guide to the extensive influence of the marginalized on ballet. For readers who interact with other performing arts sectors, such as music or theater, it would be beneficial to carefully consider the similarities between how issues of class, gender, and race permeate both the ballet world and other facets of the performing arts., [This book] examine[s] the white, cis, heteropatriarchal history of ballet, and how many dancers and choreographers are grappling with this history. It has started some very important conversations about the role of ballet today and how this art can thrive within the beauty of difference., This anthology is a valuable tool for engaging new audiences in ballet; it is a call-to-action for younger generations to connect ballet with their lived worlds. It will be of interest to academics, researchers, or students working in the fields of dance, theater, performing arts, and cultural studies--especially within the intersection of gender, race, and dance. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to acquire a broader knowledge of ballet as a global art form with the potential to become a key representation of our multicultural society.
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
792.8
Table Of Content
Introduction: Regarding claiming ballet / reclaiming ballet Part One - Histories Chapter 1: Ballet, from property to Art - Adesola Akinleye Chapter 2: Should there be a Female ballet canon? Seven Radical Acts of Inclusion - Julia Gleich and Molly Faulkner Chapter 3: Arabesque en Noir: The Persistent Presence of Black Dancers in the American Ballet World - Joselli Audain Deans Chapter 4: Portrayals of Black people from the African Diaspora in western narrative ballets - Sandie Bourne Part Two - Knowledges Chapter 5: The traces of my ballet body - Mary Savva Chapter 6: Ballet Beyond Boundaries - Personal History. Brenda Dixson Gottschild Chapter 7:"Auftanzen statt Aufgeben" and The Anti Fascist Ballet School -Elizabeth Ward Chapter 8: Dancing Across Historically Racist Borders - Kehinde Ishangi Part Three - Resiliences Chapter 9: Dance Theatre of Harlem's radicalization of ballet in 1970s & 1980s - Theresa Ruth Howard Chapter 10: Personal testimony as social resilience - Theara J. Ward Chapter 11: "Can you feel it?": Pioneering Pedagogies that Challenge Ballet's Authoritarian Traditions - Jessica Zeller Chapter 12: The Ever After of Ballet - Selby Wynn Schwartz Chapter 13: Ballethnic Dance Company Builds Community: Urban Nutcracker leads the way - Nena Gilreath Part four - Consciousnesses Chapter 14: The Counterpoint Project - When Life Doesn't Imitate Art - Endalyn Taylor Chapter 15: Ballet's Binary Genders in a Rainbow-Spectrum World: A call for progressive pedagogies - Melonie B. Murray Chapter 16: Dancing through Black British ballet: Conversations with dancers - Adesola Akinleye and Tia-Monique Uzor Chapter 17: Ballet Aesthetics of Trauma, Development, and Functionality - Luc Vanier & Elizabeth Johnson About the contributors Index
Synopsis
Though ballet is often seen as a white, cis-heteropatriarchal form of dance, in fact it has been, and still is, shaped by artists from a much broader range of backgrounds. This collection looks beyond the mainstream, bringing to light the overlooked influences that continue to inform the culture of ballet. Essays illuminate the dance form's rich and complex history and start much-needed conversations about the roles of class, gender normativity, and race, demonstrating that despite mainstream denial and exclusionary tactics, ballet thrives with "difference." With contributions from professional ballet dancers and teachers, choreographers, and dance scholars in Europe and the United States, the volume introduces important new thinkers and perspectives. An essential resource for the field of ballet studies and a major contribution to dance scholarship more broadly, (Re:) Claiming Ballet will appeal to academics, researchers, and scholars; dance professionals and practitioners; and anyone interested in the intersection of race, class, gender, and dance., This anthology explores alternative and parallel influences that shape the culture of ballet. The 'we' of ballet is complex, encompassing individuals and communities, often marginalized, who contribute to discourses about ballet beyond the mainstream White, patriarchal, Eurocentric, heterosexual constructs of gender, race and class. 8 b/w illus. New Books Network (New Books in Performing Arts) interview with Adesola Akinleye
LC Classification Number
GV1787

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