Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon

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dc.contributor.advisorPather, Jayen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSamuel, Gerarden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKatzke, Cecilia Johannaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T14:18:28Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T14:18:28Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis qualititative, interdisciplinary study predominantly focuses on the South African choreographer Robyn Orlin and her deconstructions of classical ballet. To inform a gender-centred investigation of Orlin’s work, attention is given to the origins of patriarchal dualisms and the way in which these manifest in contemporary Western culture. Emphasis is placed on the institutional repression of the body as a way to preserve particular power structures. In this instance the theories of Michel Foucault, in particular, are referenced. His concepts serve to illuminate a consideration of Western concert dance, with a particular focus on classical ballet, as an institution that sustains gender as a system of power. The origins of the aesthetic of the ballerina as an icon of femininity, and the way in which certain values and expectations impact on the bodies of female ballet dancers, particularly but not exclusively, provides a context for the discussion of Orlin’s work – how and why her form and content questions and undermines the perpetuation of traditional gender stereotypes in classical ballet. This dissertation examines Orlin’s work in order to expand discourse around the subversive potential of the female body, informed by an understanding of the body as an ever-changing entity that resists definition by way of essentialist meanings.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationKatzke, C. J. (2014). <i>Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12878en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKatzke, Cecilia Johanna. <i>"Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12878en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKatzke, C. 2014. Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Katzke, Cecilia Johanna AB - This qualititative, interdisciplinary study predominantly focuses on the South African choreographer Robyn Orlin and her deconstructions of classical ballet. To inform a gender-centred investigation of Orlin’s work, attention is given to the origins of patriarchal dualisms and the way in which these manifest in contemporary Western culture. Emphasis is placed on the institutional repression of the body as a way to preserve particular power structures. In this instance the theories of Michel Foucault, in particular, are referenced. His concepts serve to illuminate a consideration of Western concert dance, with a particular focus on classical ballet, as an institution that sustains gender as a system of power. The origins of the aesthetic of the ballerina as an icon of femininity, and the way in which certain values and expectations impact on the bodies of female ballet dancers, particularly but not exclusively, provides a context for the discussion of Orlin’s work – how and why her form and content questions and undermines the perpetuation of traditional gender stereotypes in classical ballet. This dissertation examines Orlin’s work in order to expand discourse around the subversive potential of the female body, informed by an understanding of the body as an ever-changing entity that resists definition by way of essentialist meanings. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon TI - Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12878 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12878
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKatzke CJ. Probing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canon. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12878en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Musicen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMusicen_ZA
dc.titleProbing the politics of the female body: Robyn Orlin's deconstruction of the Classical Ballet canonen_ZA
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