Robb, Alice
Don't Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet
- ISBN 13:
- 9780861542345
- author:
- Robb, Alice
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Oneworld Publications
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 13.5 x 2.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Women, Biography,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Ballet has long been synonymous with beauty, thinness and femininity. Yet this ideal is often at odds with feminist ideals. Alice Robb explores what it means to perform ballet today, weaving together her own experiences with those of renowned ballerinas throughout history. Robb interrogates the all-consuming nature of the form, including its obsessive practices and the idealisation of suffering. However, she also reveals the liberating potential of ballet, where dancers can find control and fully inhabit their bodies. This nuanced study is powered by a deep love of the art form and exposes the toxic culture that runs through it. Through her investigation, Robb brings a welcome academic rigour to a subject born of deeply held emotions. The result is a critical yet personal examination of classical ballet, one that challenges its place in a post #MeToo world.
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