Ballet [ Dance, Music & Songs ]
… stressed the removal of elaborate costumes, masks and unrelated movements to the plot and insisted on a linkage of expression, choreography, libretto, costume, and scenery. Audiences found this format controversial and exciting. Bodies’ … throwing flowers onto the stage (as audiences were wont to do) was not the only way that members of the public could express their enthusiasm for dance. They could also learn and dance some of the theatrical national dance steps seen … . Lynn Garafola (ed.), Rethinking the Sylph New Perspectives on the Romantic Ballet (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1997), p. 17. Although Christian concepts of womanhood prevailed, stylish London ladies were inspired by the …
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