Abstract
This article examines the dance practices and performance philosophies of Anna Pavlova and Albertina Rasch, two company directors, choreographers, and dancers of the early twentieth century, within the context of the discourses of the American women's movement. I reconstruct the “ballet corporealities” of Pavlova and Rasch—how their practices, techniques, and philosophies embodied larger cultural forces—based on archival evidence, interviews, photographs, film clips, and printed material. Through their ballet corporealities, Pavlova and Rasch reflected two distinct phases of American feminist thought: a Progressive-Era model based on public service and a post-Suffrage form focused on personal freedom.
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