Opinion

Opinion

This paper presents opinion on two of the most critically acclaimed articles on the subject of 'dancing'. One is 'Dancing Out the Difference: Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St. Denis' Radha of 1906' by Jane Desmond, and the other one is 'In His Diaghilev and Lincoln Kirstein' by Nancy Beynolds.

Dancing Out the Difference: Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St. Denis' Radha of 1906

Dancing Out the Difference: Cultural Imperialism and Ruth St. Denis' Radha of 1906, Jane Desmond reads St. Dennis' solo as a multilayered performance text. Her analysis turns on the solo's framing of female sensuality within a narrative context of renunciation and ...