Ballet. Narratives of the ballet body. Pain, pleasure, perfection in the embodiment of the ideal

"Narratives of the ballet body" is an ethnographic study of the social world of the classical ballet. The author’s focus is the bodies of young dancers, the relationship between the body, society and identity, the aesthetics, the beauty and perfection of the ballet - on the one hand, and the physical and emotional pain in the embodiment of this ideal - on the other. Based on the philosophical ideas of P. Burdier, M. Foucault, as well as on the real experience of dancers, the author analyzes how the body moved and perceived by the seductive aesthetics of ballet and the desire to become a professional is designed and perceived.
The book will be interesting to professional dancers, choreographers, choreographers, as it will allow you to look at their profession from the side and give an incentive for thought, it will also be useful for sociologists, philosophers, culturologists, as well as for ballet connoisseurs who will begin to appreciate This type of art is even more