Meaning of antiballet | Babel Free

Definitions

A ballet that deliberately avoids the typical conventions of ballet.

Examples

“I frequently think of Cunningham's dances as antiballets, but not because I think he is trying to provoke controversy or attack the other form.”

“We decided to do an antiballet about someone who lies down most of the time, or just crawls around on the floor.”

“The Triadic Ballet was an antiballet: Schlemmer's model of theater was not influenced by the physical techniques and spatial perspective of ballet, but by the materialization of abstract principles of space and movement in the total mask of the costume.”

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