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The Aesthetics of the Sacrificed Body in Vaslav Nijinsky’s and Pina Bausch’s Versions of The Rite of Spring

  • The Korean Journal of Dance Studies
  • Abbr : KRSDS
  • 2026, 105(3), pp.21~38
  • DOI : 10.16877/kjds.105.3.202609.21
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Dance Studies
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Dance
  • Received : August 14, 2026
  • Accepted : September 20, 2026
  • Published : September 30, 2026

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ABSTRACT

This study examines the sacrificed body in Vaslav Nijinsky’s and Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring, focusing on its negative forms, processual changes, and aesthetic significance. The “sacrificed body” is defined as a processual body whose relational position and bodily state change within a ritual structure. The works are analyzed through selection and separation, coercion, distortion, exhaustion, and collapse. The analysis shows that negative bodily forms acquire meaning within sacrificial relations and develop through repetition, exhaustion, and collapse. Nijinsky foregrounds the formal negation of the normative ballet body, whereas Bausch exposes bodily vulnerability and material exhaustion. Thus, the sacrificed body gains aesthetic significance as bodily negativity persists through sacrifice, revealing violence, vulnerability, and dissolution through aesthetic experience.

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