Friday, February 29, 2008
The ballerina(s) present in the film all have a generic outfit, facial expression and location. Each part of the dance is skillfully and creatively accomplished. Ballet builds on years of tradition study, similar to the study of tradition for Eliot. In the video, there is no authorship or psychological biographies viewed through facial expressions or attire. When the dancer goes behind the curtain and the audience is left with a mere shadow- this is a visual of the formalist idea behind no authorship, merely the form and art itself.
The "reader" or viewer is called to admire the dance for the dance itself.
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consider, however, that the dancer's own body is the form itself. in that way, she represents undeniable authorship. she has extended her role beyond that of the choreographer (perhaps a more accurate metaphor for the author), as she has done more than imagined and shaped an idea; the dancer has donated her very self as the subject matter. not so with writing (though one could argue that the author's mind prompts the material).
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