Dancing without Space - On Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un Faune (1912)
Järvinen, Hanna
Dancing without Space - On Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un Faune (1912) / Hanna Järvinen .-- Edinburgh: : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
37 p.
Dance Research -- Vol. 27, núm. 1,Summer 2009, p. 28 - 64
RESUMEN: Three-dimensional theatrical space is often taken for granted as a precondition of dance. Already in 1912, the choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky provoked much discussion with a work that seemingly turned the performance into a moving, two-dimensional picture. L'Après-midi d'un Faune has achieved notoriety because of the objections some contemporary critics raised against the 'immoral' behaviour of the principal character, but I argue the style of the work brought about an important shift in how dancing was conceptualised as something composed by a choreographic author.
Dancing without Space - On Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un Faune (1912) / Hanna Järvinen .-- Edinburgh: : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
37 p.
Dance Research -- Vol. 27, núm. 1,Summer 2009, p. 28 - 64
RESUMEN: Three-dimensional theatrical space is often taken for granted as a precondition of dance. Already in 1912, the choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky provoked much discussion with a work that seemingly turned the performance into a moving, two-dimensional picture. L'Après-midi d'un Faune has achieved notoriety because of the objections some contemporary critics raised against the 'immoral' behaviour of the principal character, but I argue the style of the work brought about an important shift in how dancing was conceptualised as something composed by a choreographic author.