Published 2021-05-01
“…Even a brief examination of three ballets from this period – Fées des forêts de Saint-Germain, Grand bal de la Douairière de Billebahaut, and Ballet des Triomphes – demonstrates that the court ballet organisers for these
royal ballets were fully aware of tensions among different political factions; role assignments and ballet texts and para-texts suggest that these ballets provided a space for ongoing subtle, but consistent assertion of royal power and prerogatives, even when cast in the guise of play and recreation.…”
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