Browsing by Subject "Ballet Folklórico de México"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
- Results Per Page
- Sort Options
Item México (expropriated) : appropriation, representation and re-choreography of ballet folklórico(2020-05-08) Peña Torres, Jessica L.; Rossen, RebeccaThis thesis explores the ballet folklórico dance form as established by choreographer Amalia Hernández in the second half of the 20th century through her company, Ballet Folklórico de Mexico. Through archival and historical research, performance analysis, and Performance as Research, I examine the appropriation, exoticization, and representation of lo mexicano as rendered by Ballet Folklórico de México through an examination of three of their most representative cuadros: Fiesta en Jalisco, Fiesta en Veracruz, and “Danza del Venado.” I argue that in addition to helping forward the nationalistic project of the post-revolutionary period, Ballet Folklórico de México reinforced hegemonic notions of mexicanidad through the development of characters such as el charro, la china poblana, los jarochos, el negrito y la mulata, and el venado. Sixty years after the company’s foundation, Ballet Folklórico de México continues to paint the same romanticized, nationalistic, and static image of Mexico that Hernández staged in the 1950s.