The Dancing Whore and the Body as Spectacle

Some ballets feature plots about prostitutes or allude to female impropriety, for example Miraculous Mandarin and Manon Lescaut. The Miraculous Mandarin was originally written by Menyhért Lengyel (1880-1974) and is based on a tale of prostitution, murder, and theft. Similarly, Giacomo Puccini’s (185...

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