Feminine Aesthetics In Witch Dance

This week, I could think about the feminine aesthetics in a dancing body. In Witch Dance, Mary Wigman denies performing femininity. Unlike the conventional female dancers, she makes grotesque movements. For instance, as sitting on the floor, she holds her ankle and stamps her feet on the ground. It seems like an evil witch gets ready to aggressively devour her prey. Besides her dance, a wacky mask erases any emotion from her face, and a series of explosive sound generate fear and tension in her stage. Wigman decides to be a witch rather than to perform femininity. No one knows how old she is, how pretty she is, and how “feminine” she is. As a result, her dance emphasizes that women do not need to be young and subtle; she breaks the limited