The choreography of MacMillan's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" stages the expression of and resistance to patriarchal political and social power. In the Elizabethan period "dance" constituted a recurrent symbol of order and harmony in the imagery of the period's cultural production. The medium of the body and its dancing movements convey a gender-based image of social identity (in particular during the scene of the Capulet's ball) and can be used as a means for resistance to such power (Juliet's expression of her will).
"Mise en scène and subversion of political power through dance: Sir Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet"
FIORATO, Sidia
2012-01-01
Abstract
The choreography of MacMillan's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" stages the expression of and resistance to patriarchal political and social power. In the Elizabethan period "dance" constituted a recurrent symbol of order and harmony in the imagery of the period's cultural production. The medium of the body and its dancing movements convey a gender-based image of social identity (in particular during the scene of the Capulet's ball) and can be used as a means for resistance to such power (Juliet's expression of her will).
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