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000161879 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7743-1691$$aPreciado-Azanza, Gonzalo$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000161879 245__ $$aEmbodying Spanishness in Latvian Ballet (1923- 1941): Exoticism, Identity, and Propaganda.
000161879 260__ $$c2024
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000161879 5203_ $$aSpanishness, the imagined perception of Spain, played a major role in interwar Latvian ballet. We located forty-five Spanish-themed ballets, divertissements, and concert miniatures performed between 1923 and 1941. Dancing bodies act as cross-cultural archives that enable us to comprehend the identities projected through inherited gestures. This article proposes that Spanishness, perceived as an exotic and distant Other, may have enhanced the identity of the prewar Republic of Latvia. We examined the ballets Paquita, Jota Aragonesa, Don Quixote, Boléro, and Laurencia through primary visual sources supported by Latvian press data. These case studies depicted a polyhedric image of Spain firmly based on Andalusian archetypes, intertwined with Orientalist motifs, and the jota of Aragon. Spanishness can be seen as an integral aspect of the multicultural manifestation of Latvian interwar society. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 marked a turning point that increased interest in this multilayered mirror. In late 1930s with increasing political and military pressure of the Soviet Union, Spanishness evolved into a soft power strategy and, ultimately, became a Soviet propaganda tool.
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000161879 593__ $$aLiterature and Literary Theory$$c2024$$dQ1
000161879 593__ $$aVisual Arts and Performing Arts$$c2024$$dQ1
000161879 593__ $$aHistory$$c2024$$dQ1
000161879 593__ $$aMusic$$c2024$$dQ2
000161879 593__ $$aCultural Studies$$c2024$$dQ2
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000161879 7102_ $$13007$$2465$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Historia del Arte$$cÁrea Historia del Arte
000161879 773__ $$g55 (2024), 144-180$$pLetonica$$tLetonica$$x1407-3110
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