‘Where Burns the Artist's Soul’
Tamara Karsavina's Writings on Artistry and Expression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20458172 |
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| Authors | Karen Eliot (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 78-97 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dance Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0264-2875 • E-ISSN: 1750-0095 |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3366/drs.2024.0418 |
| OpenAlex | W4399210554 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
The ballerina Tamara Karsavina experienced vast shifts from romantic and post-romantic 1 performance styles to twentieth-century modernism. In the first section of this essay, I give an overview of these shifts; then, I explore Karsavina's writings for insights into her views on performance and artistry. In her writing, she develops her artistic credo and expresses the conviction that to contribute to a living art form, ballet dancers must deepen their expressivity while expanding technique and their practice of classical mime. For her, the future of ballet can be found in the traditions of the danse d'école and the classical repertoire
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Ballet · Conviction · Dance · Literature · Repertoire · Romance · Soul · Theology · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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