Bolero, waltz and ‘a ball of all balls’ — dance metaphors in selected song lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka Cover Image

Bolero, bebop i „bal nad bale” czyli taneczne metafory w wybranych tekstach piosenek Agnieszki Osieckiej
Bolero, waltz and ‘a ball of all balls’ — dance metaphors in selected song lyrics by Agnieszka Osiecka

Author(s): MONIKA ZIÓŁKOWSKA
Subject(s): Music, Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Agnieszka Osiecka; song; dance; bolero; ball; danse macabre;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an analysis of selected lyrics from Agnieszka Osiecka’s songs based on the theme of dance as a metaphor. The author of Sopockie bolero, To nasze sopockie bolero and Niech żyje bal uses dance as a lyrical situation which allows the author to analyze the lyrical I’s intensified emotions. Osiecka also uses the possibilities provided by the song form — rhythmicity, repetitions, the closeness of the language of the song to the language of choreography.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 27-35
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish