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Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley
Explores how four influential dancers embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation.The origins of the art of exotic dancing lie in English drama and Viennese opera: Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Salome, and Richard Strauss's 1905 opera based on it, brought onto the stage a female character who captured and dominated the audience with the raw power of her naked body. Her Dance of the Seven Veils shocked and fascinated, and Salome became a pop icon on both sides of the Atlantic. Toni Bentley explores how four influential women embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation. Toni Bentley danced with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet for ten years. Her books include Winter Season: A Dancer's Journal, Holding On to the Air, Costumes by Karinska, and The Surrender: An Erotic Memoir. |
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| Author(s) : Toni Bentley | Format : Paperback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0803262418 | ISBN-13 : 9780803262416 |
| RRP : £10.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 31/08/2005
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page Length : 233mm
Page Size : 228mm