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Conversations on Kafka
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Dancing "The Metamorphosis"

One of the most striking transformations of Kafka's most famous story is into an acclaimed performance for the Royal Ballet.
Reimagining Ancient Greece and Rome: APGRD public lectures

Gestures and Postures: the construction and reception of the tragic in Jean-Georges Noverre's dance-drama Agamemnon Vengé

An APGRD / DANSOX public seminar given in November 2018: Nicole Haitzinger (Salzburg) discusses Noverre's use of gesture and the tragic.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Mapping Nijinsky’s Cross - Cultural Legacy: Min Tanaka’ s Le Sacré du Printemps (1987)

Igor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps is arguably the most influential score composed for dance in the last century.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

A Bardic Rite? Designing the Savoy Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

For a few nights in March 1914 if contemplating buying a theatre ticket in London, there was a brief chance when one could have seen Nijinsky dance at the Palace Theatre one night and the next the new Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Divining the 1920s: Precious Body Image in Vaslav Nijinsky’s 1913 Ballets

This paper examines the ways in which dancers’ body image in Vaslav Nijinsky’s 1913 ballets The Rite of Spring and Jeux looked forward to 1920s developments in ballet and fashion.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Disruption in Continuity: The Use of Ornament in The Rite of Spring

Vaslav Nijinsky’s choreography for the Rite of Spring was structured by movement patterns based on simple geometrical forms – such as circles, triangles, lines and angles – which his dancers incorporated with their bodies and limbs.

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