Ballet [ Dance, Music & Songs ]
… their societal duty. As this arena opened to soldiers and the working class, it became a currency for increasing one’s status in one’s own social circle. Some patrons of dance considered ballet performances of secondary importance. … the theatre, 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 class of social status sat farther away from the stage, up higher in expensive theatre boxes, surveilling those below and around the …
Audience | Commodities | Dance | Theatre
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