Event Title
Location
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Document Type
Poster
Description
le poème | La Danseuse is a piece that explores the relationship between historical, often male-created representations of the female dancer and the possibilities that exist for female dancers to claim their own identities in the twenty-first century. Drawing on modernist poetry and early modern dance, the film component of the piece emphasizes the ways in which the poetic image of the female dancer as an ideal, ethereal figure is a mere projection, or something unreal. Once the dancer on stage emerges, she begins to push back against the trappings of the historic gaze and ultimately breaks out of its confines. Through more loose and grounded movements, the dancer on stage ultimately asserts her individual identity as an independent modern woman.
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le poème | La Danseuse
University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
le poème | La Danseuse is a piece that explores the relationship between historical, often male-created representations of the female dancer and the possibilities that exist for female dancers to claim their own identities in the twenty-first century. Drawing on modernist poetry and early modern dance, the film component of the piece emphasizes the ways in which the poetic image of the female dancer as an ideal, ethereal figure is a mere projection, or something unreal. Once the dancer on stage emerges, she begins to push back against the trappings of the historic gaze and ultimately breaks out of its confines. Through more loose and grounded movements, the dancer on stage ultimately asserts her individual identity as an independent modern woman.
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Department: Department of Theatre & Dance Faculty Mentor: Anne Van Gelder