What is it about?
Is ballet only for girls and young women? What if older women continued to dance the roles of young princesses on the stage? This article explores the ways in which the participation of older women challenges the ageism within the contemporary ballet world.
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I hope this article makes classical ballet more enjoyable by audience across different generations. I also hope that this article provides readers with new perspectives to treat ballet performances as rich texts for deepening our understanding of bodies, costumes, and fairy tales.
Katsuhiko Suganuma
University of Tasmania
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This page is a summary of: The hirahira aesthetics of wrinkled skin: Notes on an ageing dancer in the contemporary ballet world, Studies in Costume & Performance, December 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/scp_00073_1.
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