Rethinking Burlesque Forms in Louis XIII ballets: Dance, Music, and Politics in Burlesque ballets, 1625-1635

Influential analyses of the burlesque ballets performed at the court of Louis XIII argue that the ballets functioned as space for expression of noble resistance to the absolutist monarchy of Louis XIII and his prime minister, Cardinal Richelieu. Closer attention to the actual historical contexts and...

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Main Author: Rose Pruiksma (University of New Hampshire)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut du Monde Anglophone 2021-05-01
Series:Etudes Epistémè
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/episteme/11284