Bolero: A Matter of Language

Arianna Maiorani

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Bolero: A Matter of Language

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By Arianna Maiorani¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Loughborough University
Source: Following the Score , pp 56-72
Publication Date: April 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789389333_4
Language: English

This chapter focuses on the process of creation of the community cast choreography for Michael Pinchbeck's Bolero. Delving into the history of the original choreography for the first ballet performance, using inspiration from Martha Graham dance technique, and drawing on her work on the Functional Grammar of Dance and her interactions with Pinchbeck, the author explains the principles and motivations behind the work she achieved with a variegated cast of performers.

Keywords: Ballet Russes ; choreographic affordances ; choreography ; community cast ; crescendo ; dynamosphere ; FGD ; Functional Grammar of Dance ; Ida Rubinstein ; Kinesemiotics ; Martha Graham ; metafunctions ; Systemic Functional Linguistics

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