DANC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Peter Elfelt, Royal Danish Ballet, Ballet Dancer
Dance, Sex and Gender, week 9
* biological and physiological
* behaviours, attitudes
* male and female are sex categories while feminine and masculine and gender categories
* sex categoristics, sex organs and hormonal differences
* structure of the body, muscles, skeletal configuration, the formation of the pelvis. Traditional
ballet technique
* the social constructs of gender specific values
* romantic ballet period
* film from 1906 of ellen price, prima ballerina of the royal danish ballet, dancing the opening
(longer) solo in Bournonvilles La Sylphide. Filmed in studio by Dansih court photographer Peter
Elfelt. The video quality is low but its a unique document
* the period was dominated by woman, the ballerina, the male is often in a supporting role ( the
actual amount of stage time but in terms of the narrative in the story line)
* second; female ballet dancer 1890’s
* little light jumps
* her partner was very earth bound
* atherial creatures, fairys and nymphs, sea creatures
* male female roles
* the classical technique developed according to the female physicality.
* 1980’s shifting the physical boundaries
* male and female roles are fluid
Document Summary
* male and female are sex categories while feminine and masculine and gender categories. * sex categoristics, sex organs and hormonal differences. * structure of the body, muscles, skeletal configuration, the formation of the pelvis. * the social constructs of gender specific values. * film from 1906 of ellen price, prima ballerina of the royal danish ballet, dancing the opening (longer) solo in bournonvilles la sylphide. Filmed in studio by dansih court photographer peter. The video quality is low but its a unique document. * the period was dominated by woman, the ballerina, the male is often in a supporting role ( the actual amount of stage time but in terms of the narrative in the story line) * atherial creatures, fairys and nymphs, sea creatures. * the classical technique developed according to the female physicality.
