SYMBOLIC DISSECTION OF THE BODY: THE ANATOMIC STUDIES OF FRANÇOIS DELSARTE AND THEIR REPRODUCTIONS IN THE PERCEPTION OF MOVEMENT, FROM A RECORD ON MODERN AMERICAN DANCE
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https://doi.org/10.22456/2236-3254.72631Keywords:
anatomia, dança, transmissão, gesto, movimento.Abstract
This article ponders over French artist and educator François Delsarte’s (1811-1871) perceptions on the field of anatomical knowledge. Delsarte was responsible for a broad study and the analysis of human body movements within the European context of the XIX century, when he sought to develop both a system that could be imprinted on the symbology of gestures and an investigation of expressiveness using the body. When considering anatomical knowledge and the transmission of knowledge, this article develops impressions from Genèvieve Stebbins’ (1857-1937) excerpts and James Steele Morrison MacKaye’s (1842-1894) letters. Finally, it presents comments on excerpts from Ted Shawn’s book Every Little Movement (1963), wherein he introduces and discusses possible intersections with François Delsarte’s trajectory and education and how they would be present in Ted Shawn’s own written reflections, artistic production and bodily research.
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