Repressed Mind

Title

Repressed Mind

Department

Dance

Production Type

Third Year Student Production See all items with this value

Description

Exploring the inner narrative of Bathilda, a woman equally wronged by her fiancé Albrecht, who’s feelings neglect to be acknowledged or validated within the ballet Giselle. After Albrecht’s fling/proposal with village girl Giselle is revealed, we see an expectation for Bathilda to keep her emotions to herself, as a woman of power & royal status with a reputation to uphold. In some versions, the ballet ends with Bathilda rejoining Albrecht on stage after he is saved by Giselle’s spirit from being danced to death by the vengeful Willis, indicating what could be interpreted as a royal obligation expectation to still marry the man who wronged her.

With this interpretation, the dance film focuses on the feeling & suppression of emotions, barely allowed to surface before ‘control’ is regained & the feelings are once again contained. The imagery of the flower petals being plucked & the flower later being crushed, makes reference to the significant ‘he loves me, he loves me not’ scene between Giselle & Albrecht, linking the embodied emotion of the choreography with its source, namely the affair/declarations of love between Bathilda’s fiancé & another woman.

Dancer and editor: Amy Greener
Videographer: Steven Greener & Janet Greener

Is Part of

P3 Dance 2020

Year Created

2020

Producer

CTDPS

Cast

Amy Greener See all items with this value

Filmed By

Steven Greener
Janet Greener

Edited By

Amy Greener

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