Kinetic Cultures

Modernism and Embodiment on the Belle Epoque Stage

Rachana Vajjhala

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University of California Press
19 February 2024

Ballet; Music; Music reviews & criticism; Western "classical" music; European history; Popular culture

Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music

Belle époque Paris adored dance. Whether at the music hall or in more refined theaters, audiences flocked to see the spectacles offered to them by the likes of Isadora Duncan, Diaghilev’s flashy company, or an embarrassment of Salomes. After languishing in the shadow of opera for much of the nineteenth century, ballet found itself part of this lively kinetic constellation. In Kinetic Cultures, Rachana Vajjhala argues that far from being mere delectation, ballet was implicated in the larger republican project of national rehabilitation through a rehabilitation of its citizens. By tracing the various gestural complexes of the period–-bodybuilding routines, appropriate physical comportment for women, choreographic vocabularies, and more–-the author presents a new way of understanding histories of dance and music, one that she locates in gesture and movement.

By: Rachana Vajjhala
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 32
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9780520356276
ISBN 10: 0520356276
Series: California Studies in 20th-Century Music
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 19 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachana Vajjhala is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Boston University.