Orientalized Aztecs
Observations on the Americanization of Theatrical Dance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11222703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Mitchell Snow (0000-0002-6281-5374, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 35-50 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0149-7677 • E-ISSN: 1940-509X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0149767719000172 |
| OpenAlex | W2967563214 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
The opening decades of the twentieth century saw a passing fashion for “Aztec” dancing in the vaudeville theaters of the United States. Russian classical dancers Kosloff and Fokine tapped the orientalist currents of the Ballets Russes, adopting the Aztec as superficial signs of the American. Conversely, works by Shawn and film director Cecil B. DeMille, which served as points of reference for the Russians, represented a continuation of equally orientalist attitudes toward Mexico's past, forged during the realization of the United States’ policy of Manifest Destiny. The emergence of a cadre of trained dancers from Mexico, trained by students of Kosloff and Shawn, would bring a distinctively different perspective on the presentation of their heritage to the dance stage, one that was no longer based in the imagination of an expansionist America
Americanization · Art · Art history · Dance · Destiny (ISS module) · Expansionism · Literature · Manifest destiny · Orientalism · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law
Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan /
Nations and Nationalism since 1780
Roads to Rome
Over the Edge
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
Romancing the Maya
Building the Continental Empire
Carlos Chávez and the ballet
The American Indian imagery of Ted Shawn
Martha Graham, Mexico, and the American Gesture
The Enormous Vogue of Things Mexican
The People Have Never Stopped Dancing
Building the Continental Empire
History as Romantic Art
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |