| Series |
Oxford Studies in dance theory
Oxford studies in dance theory.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- A genealogy of dance modernity: Movement artifacts, mythic principles, and archival others -- The critical reception of Serge Lifar (1929-1939) -- The dancer as statue and the geo-politics of neoclassicism -- Parade as a critical concept in interwar dance theory: From Jean Cocteau and Paul Valery to Andre Varagnac -- Serge Lifar and the question of collaboration with the German authorities under the occupation of Paris (1940-1949) -- From the neoclassical turn to the Baroque re-turn. |
| Abstract |
"This book is an examination of neoclassical ballet initially in the French context before and after World War I (circa 1905-1944) with close attention to dancer and choreographer Serge Lifar. Since the critical discourses I analyze indulge in flights of poetic fancy I distinguish in my discussion of this material between the Lifar-image (the dancer on stage and object of discussion by critics), the Lifar-discourse (the writings on Lifar as well as his own discourse), and the Lifar-person (the historical actor). This topic is further developed in the final chapter into a discussion of the so-called Baroque dance both as a historical object and as a motif of contemporary experimentation as it emerged in the aftermath of World War II (circa 1947-1991) in France. Using Lifar as a through-line, the book explores the development of critical ideas of neoclassicism in relation to his work and his drift toward a fascist position that can be traced to the influence of Nietzsche on his critical reception. Lifar's collaborationism during the Occupation confirms this analysis. My discussion of neoclassicism begins in the final years of the nineteenth-century and carries us through the Occupation; I then track the Baroque in its gradual development from the early 1950s through the end of the 1980s and early 1990s. "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Franko, Mark. The Fascist turn in the dance of Serge Lifar New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. 9780197503324 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019045491 |
| ISBN | 9780197503362 (Online) |
| ISBN | (Hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780197503355 (ePUB) |
| ISBN | (Paperback) |
