'The moment when it al comes together': embodied experiences in ballet
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| Publication date | 2004 |
| Journal | European Journal of Women's Studies |
| Volume | Issue number | 11 | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 263-276 |
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| Abstract | This article is both an elaborated critique on the one-sided analysis of the misogynist nature of ballet as a cultural practice, and a contribution to a more embodied feminist theory. Based on empirical material, that was brought together by observing the body practices in ballet and listening to the life stories of dancers, the author explores the contradictions that the body in ballet provokes. In describing the embodied experiences ofprofessional ballet dancers she shows that ballet offers women the possibility to transcend the discontinuity of body, mind and emotions. |
| Document type | Article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506804044462
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