Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies and the Affirmation of Mahler's Body, 1937-1947

This essay places Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies (1937), choreographed to Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (1904), in the contexts of Mahler performance and reception histories, and advocates for more inclusive, integrated histories and historiographies of music and dance. I argue that in th...

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Published in:Dance chronicle 2013-05, Vol.36 (2), p.172-195
Main Author: Heisler, Wayne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Composers
Postmodernism
Resignations
Success
Theater
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Summary:This essay places Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies (1937), choreographed to Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder (1904), in the contexts of Mahler performance and reception histories, and advocates for more inclusive, integrated histories and historiographies of music and dance. I argue that in the decade beginning with its premiere, Dark Elegies provided for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder to be experienced in diverse live contexts and articulated an embodied version of Mahler's songs that reconfigured negative associations between his music and the body.
ISSN:0147-2526
1532-4257
DOI:10.1080/01472526.2013.793101