Théophile Gautier e la danza: La rivelazione del corpo nel balletto del XIX secolo
Keywords:
Théophile Gautier, dance, ballet, ballerina, 19th century, libretto, body, Paris, Giselle, newspapers, criticism, romanticismSynopsis
The volume Théopile Gautier e la danza. La rivelazione del corpo nel XIX secolo outlines the theory and poetics of dance traced by Gautier (1811-1872), an intellectual, man of letters and leading figure in Parisian cultural life between the July Monarchy (1830-1848) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Through varied and fragmentary but dense and incisive writings – critical essays, ballet libretti (including the famous Giselle), prosodic and poetic texts, trip reports – Gautier captures the semantic and imaginative richness of the body in motion, which he saw as a work of art that was both real and ideal, and clarifies a vision of dance as a source of wonder, seduction and knowledge. The volume therefore places Gautier's view of dance in the political and social context of the time, paying particular attention to the history of women and the culture of the body: a fundamental approach to understanding the connotative aspects of nineteenth-century ballet, including the role of the ballerina in the society of the time and life “behind the scenes”. The appendix contains an anthology of feuilletons in Italian translation and a selection of drawings and paintings by Gautier himself.
Chapters
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Introduzione alla nuova edizione
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I. Tra parola scritta e corpo danzante
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II. Il balletto a Parigi
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III. Raccontare il corpo: i feuilletons sulla danza
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IV. Immaginare il corpo: i libretti per balletto
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V. Rievocare il corpo: appunti di viaggio, poesie e prosa
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VI. Riconquistare il corpo: dagli occhi al cuore
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Appendice
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Bibliografia
