It contains the proceedings of the first major European conference (University of Surrey Roehampton, 1997) that examined our relationship to past dances and dance cycles. Reconstuction is seen as a political manoeuvre to establish a powerbase for cultural identity as well as for the art itself. The radical reworking of heritage to make it new is the theme for many of today’s choreographers.
In this book, which is very much focused on Ballet reconstructions, are investigated five basic guidelines concerning reconstruction: 1) Preservation of master works 2)Determination of authenticity 3)Clarification of authorship 4)Identification of the original ballet (work of art) 5)Our intervention as artists and scholars .
