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  1. 1. Ballet Empathy (Somatic Perspective in Ballet) : a research on the use of somatic tools in ballet classes

    University essay from Stockholms konstnärliga högskola/Institutionen för danspedagogik

    Author : Denise Pires Mantovani; [2022]
    Keywords : somatic approach; ballet teaching; pedagogical tools; body awareness; colors; sensations; classical ballet technique;

    Abstract : Traditional ballet training and somatic practice have different approaches regarding how the body moves. Ballet has a specific structure where traditions and conventions affect how a body moves connected to an outside perspective, concerning how a teacher, student, or audience sees the body. READ MORE

  3. 2. Spectators’ Experience of Watching Dance without Music: A cognitive semiotic exploration of kinesthetic empathy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik

    Author : Khatia Chikhladze; [2021]
    Keywords : empathy; kinesthetic empathy; qualitative kinetic dynamics; qualities of movement; vitality affects; emotional arousal; respiration; skin conductance; consciousness; phenomenology; intentionality; classical ballet; contemporary dance.; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Empathy is our ability to experience and understand the mental states of others. In movement perception, and in particular in dance spectatorship, it has been argued that we experience observed movements through our own bodies: kinesthetic empathy. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ballet, culture and elite in the Soviet Union : On Agrippina Vaganova´s Ideas, Teaching Methods, and Legacy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Magdalena L. Midtgaard; [2016]
    Keywords : classical ballet; Vaganova; ballet education; elite education; cultural politics in the Soviet Union;

    Abstract : Balettutbildning har varit auktoritär och elitistisk i århundraden. Med utgångspunkt i Agrippina Vaganova och hennes metodiska systematisering av balettundervisning diskuteras frågor om elit, lärande och tradition inom balettundervisning. READ MORE

  5. 4. An Auteur Study of Kira Muratova Focusing on the Films Two in One and Melody for a Street Organ

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Helena Tomasson; [2012]
    Keywords : Soviet cinema; post-modern cinema; semiotics; meaning; text; heteroglossia; film study; film analysis; Kira Muratova; auteur study; dialogism; violence; grotesque in film; Ukrainian cinema; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to the cinema art of Kira Muratova with the focus on the theme of grotesque. Kira Muratova shot films of different genres; mixing styles, creating a new reality of cinema, mixing audio-visualization of people with animals, classical literature with slang, including photography and pornography, installation, performance, opera and ballet. READ MORE