Ballet [ Dance, Music & Songs ]
… the placement of the seated noble and gentry class attendees was a key part of the representation of one’s status. The space of the theatre and where bodies inhabited the space was dictated by the stage placement which was at the end of one side of the building. The titled and gentrified … status sat farther away from the stage, up higher in expensive theatre boxes, surveilling those below and around the space. Much interaction and gossip transpired during the performances about those in the audience and the dancers …
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