Thesis
Ballet's cultural relevance in the 21st century: the artistic director's perspective
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-6287
Abstract
I embarked on this project because I have become more acutely aware (since starting a ballet company) of the perceived lack of cultural relevance in ballet. I examined this topic from the perspective of current artistic directors of ballet companies in the United States. Though I did not fully realize it at the start of my research, I was hoping to make sense of the complicated marketplace I was entering as a newly minted artistic director. I conducted in depth interviews with four separate artistic directors. The interviewees were encouraged to respond (at length) to prompts covering various topics related to the cultural relevancy of ballet. I found that artistic directors of ballet companies see ballet as a relevant, living, evolving art form. They see ballet this way because the art form's core values exist in a near vacuum that transcends fad and fashion, war and revolution. These image-makers affect ballet's cultural relevance simply by applying these core values to their work in the field. Moreover, whether stated or not, I was able to glean specific pushes towards relevancy relating to each interviewee.
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- Title
- Ballet's cultural relevance in the 21st century
- Creators
- Adam Schnell - DU
- Contributors
- Andrew Zitcer (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts Administration; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise; Drexel University; Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
- Other Identifier
- 6287; 991014632269004721