The Grotesque Ballet of Anna Hop in Light of Gombrowicz’s Works Cover Image

Mise en corps des «gueules» de «Ferdydurke»: le ballet grotesque d’Anna Hop à la lumière de l’œuvre de Gombrowicz
The Grotesque Ballet of Anna Hop in Light of Gombrowicz’s Works

Author(s): Cécile Bocianowski
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: dance; ballet; grotesque; Witold Gombrowicz; Ferdydurke; body; pantomime

Summary/Abstract: This article examines Anna Hop’s 2015 ballet, based upon Witold Gombrowicz’s novelFerdydurke, created at the National Polish Ballet, analysing the interaction between thechoreography and literary language to demonstrate the choreographic specificity of Hop’streatment of Gombrowicz’s text.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 72
  • Page Range: 183-195
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French