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The Spectacular Century
Theatre & Visual Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century Project
7 episodes
1 week ago

Nineteenth century popular entertainments were colourful, vibrant and exciting. Listen in on conversations between experts Jim Davis, Kate Holmes, Kate Newey and Patricia Smyth. Hear us talk about what made entertainments like melodrama, pantomime, movement and art so much fun and why we should care in this AHRC-funded podcast.


To find out more visit http://theatreandvisualculture19.wordpress.com


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Nineteenth century popular entertainments were colourful, vibrant and exciting. Listen in on conversations between experts Jim Davis, Kate Holmes, Kate Newey and Patricia Smyth. Hear us talk about what made entertainments like melodrama, pantomime, movement and art so much fun and why we should care in this AHRC-funded podcast.


To find out more visit http://theatreandvisualculture19.wordpress.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Performing Arts
Arts,
Society & Culture,
Visual Arts
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Moving Bodies
The Spectacular Century
34 minutes
3 years ago
Moving Bodies

Kate Newey and Kate Holmes talk about moving bodies, equipment assisting movement and why we should care about silent moving bodies. They touch upon gendered ideas, costume, risk and how elite ballet developed from the popular entertainment of pantomime.


Entertainments, performers, movements & incidents: 


  • Entertainment: Pleasure Gardens (including Cremorne & Vauxhall)
  • Entertainment: Music Hall
  • Entertainment: Concert Dance
  • Entertainment: Ballet. For more on differences between romantic & classical see: https://www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/different-types-ballet
  • Entertainment: Nineteenth Century Burlesque – this doesn’t have the same meaning as today. For more see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_burlesque
  • Aerialist: Jules Léotard
  • Physical Culture Movement: Muscular Christianity
  • Aerialist: Mademoiselle Azella
  • Ballet: Adam, Adolphe (1841) Giselle, ou les Wilis
  • Train accident: 1918 Hagenbeck Wallace train wreck
  • Stage technology: trap doors. See this video for nineteenth century traps still working at the Gaiety on the Isle of Man.


Want to find out more after this podcast? Here's our pick of free online resources.


Music: Ambient piano & strings by ZakharValahaa.


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The Spectacular Century

Nineteenth century popular entertainments were colourful, vibrant and exciting. Listen in on conversations between experts Jim Davis, Kate Holmes, Kate Newey and Patricia Smyth. Hear us talk about what made entertainments like melodrama, pantomime, movement and art so much fun and why we should care in this AHRC-funded podcast.


To find out more visit http://theatreandvisualculture19.wordpress.com


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.