… and intersectionality of ballet performance and the nature of social relationships are complex. Being a flashpoint, women and their bodies were the central connection of social interactions. Practices > Dance, Music & Songs Keywords … Marie Salle’s most famous ballet. The composer was Jean-Joseph Mouret. Goddess of Love, Aphrodite brings a statue of a women to life after the King of Cyprus, Pygmalion, carves statue of his ideal woman and falls in love with its likeness. … often an audience favorite. Finally, the ‘grotesque or comique’ dancers performed roles such as villains, old men and women, clowns, or monsters. This caste system was rarely altered. 9 The stereotypical hierarchy of bodies as commodities …