Did you know that almost every professional dancer has some type of injury or chronic pain condition including hip abnormalities? For dancers, it may promote wellness through strengthening and developing one’s self, but with pain and injury, people fall into … Continue reading Chronic Pain and Hip Abnormalities in Professional Ballet Dancers
Frilly tutus, graceful movements and pointe shoes are what come to our minds when we imagine ballet. Or maybe it’s Natalie Portman’s award-winning performance in Black Swan. Going beyond what meets the eye reveals a highly developed and technical form … Continue reading Anthropology: A Brief History of Ballet and its Stylistic Variations
Dance and the body have had a very long and deeply folded relationship. As far back as we can think, the body and its movements have been used to express emotions but also experience emotions and emotionalities. Dance is one … Continue reading Anthropology: Dancing Through the Ages
WHO WAS GEORGE BALANCHINE? Modernism is a long historical and cultural period. It began in roughly 1900, but really took off after World War I (1914-18). Many artists and intellectuals were disturbed by the violence and death of the war. … Continue reading Why George Balanchine is a Quintessentially Modern Artist
Introduction In the following text, I will revise Ian Hodder’s work on entanglement as a theory that may be applied not only in the realm of archeology, but in the world of Dance Anthropology as well. As much as I … Continue reading Dance Dependencies: Entanglement by Hodder as Seen in Ballet Pointe Shoes and Ballerinas