This study considers the figure of the female dancer in French literary, visual, and performing art from 1830 to 1930. It explores how manifestations of the la danseuse shape notions of Modernism and asks why dance occupies a privileged position in a variety of Modernist media.
By:
Julie Townsend Imprint: Legenda Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 476g ISBN:9781906540258 ISBN 10: 190654025X Pages: 156 Publication Date:01 August 2009 Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Julie Townsend
Reviews for The Choreography of Modernism in France: La Danseuse 1830-1930
An engaging and concise chronology of modernism through dance, with the danseuse constituting the correlation between performing, visual, and literary modernisms. -- French Studies French Studies