Ballet [ Dance, Music & Songs ]
… Museum of Art, 59.533.1671(15). Résumé Ballet has been used through the centuries as an agent for spoken and unspoken sociability on the stage, in the audience and behind the scenes. Britain had an aversion to the French form of ballet and … Some patrons of dance considered ballet performances of secondary importance. Paramount for required performative sociability was the interaction of the audience members and constant maintenance of social standing amongst themselves. … to the family. Conversations about the ballet itself and the dancers were wound around and threaded through behaviors of sociability, creating a commonality and an entrée for more interactions. Ballet’s Growth in England During the …
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