(Re:) Claiming Ballet Elizabeth M. Grierson

(Re:) Claiming Ballet Elizabeth M. GriersonThis anthology explores alternative and parallel influences that shape the culture of ballet. The we of ballet is complex, encompassing individuals and communities, often marginalized, who contribute to discourses about ballet beyond the mainstream White, patriarchal, Eurocentric, heterosexual constructs of gender, race and class. 8 b w illus. New Books Network (New Books in Performing Arts) interview with Adesola Akinleye

Yet social science traditionally treats them quite differently

working with an acting partner or in a production

using forensic photographs to argue for the centrality of the perception and representation of time in photographic narrativity

and it offers the pleasures and perils of the massive and the anonymous

talent shows

The impact of new media on art and film has influenced the material histories and performances (be they in theory or practice) of images across the disciplines

philosophy and more

'Svich is one of the finest poet/playwrights of this generation

Innovation

Its stylistic clarity and freedom from jargon make it readable and accessible

and a political dissident under Franco

The book closes with an account of the film’s reception by critics