Rodin's dancers: art and performance in Belle Époque Paris

Abstract

"Juliet Bellow's new book on dance, dancers and Auguste Rodin's sculpture is a model of interdisciplinary potential, exemplifying the synergies between performance and sculpture studies. While Rodin is at the centre, this thoughtful study expands centrifugally to address the cultural, artistic, sexual and political debates of early twentieth-century France. Combining substantive research with novel questions, Bellow not only gives new views of Rodin and his sculpture: she also argues that modernity was made by moving bodies."--David J. Getsy, Eleanor Shea Professor of Art History, University of Virginia, and author of "Rodin: Sex and the Making of Modern Sculpture".

Contents

Introduction. Strategic alliances -- Chapter 1. Artistic advertisements : Loïe Fuller -- Chapter 2. Hand dances : the Cambodian Royal Ballet -- Chapter 3. Obscene gestures : Vaslav Nijinsky -- Conclusion. How to dance a Rodin.