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"Taking a fresh and innovative approach to dance history, 'Dancing woman: female bodies on stage' examines the Western dance - from the Romantic Ballet to modern dance - from a feminist perspective. Renowned critic ans historian Sally Banes brings nuance and complexity to a wide range of representations of gender, departing from the common positions that stress either the victimization or celebration of women.
Combining close readings of performances with analysis of the socio-political and cultural context of specific dances, Banes opens up dynamic new ways of seeing the female body ono stage. She untangles various strands of performance, including choreographic structure and style and gaps between plot and performance. (...)"--P. [4] de la couv.[-]