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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Sisters of Salome

Sisters of Salome

Bentley, Toni

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralDance

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 0803262418
ISBN13: 9780803262416
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: Jun 1 2005
Pages: 226
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.22 Depth: 8.96
Language: English
The origins of the art of exotic dancing lie in English drama and Viennese opera: Oscar Wilde's 1893 play Salome, and Richard Strauss's 1905 opera based on it, brought onto the stage a female character who captured and dominated the audience with the raw power of her naked body. Her Dance of the Seven Veils shocked and fascinated, and Salome became a pop icon on both sides of the Atlantic. Toni Bentley explores how four influential women embraced the persona of the femme fatale and transformed the misogynist image of a dangerously sexual woman into a form of personal liberation.

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