

Lebendes Porzellan. Die Tanzkünstlerin Zeperovitz in dem Ballett Carneval. Foto: Fayer (Wien). Revue des Monats B.1 H.4, Februar 1927
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Lebendes Porzellan. Die Tanzkünstlerin Zeperovitz in dem Ballett Carneval. Foto: Fayer (Wien). Revue des Monats B.1 H.4, Februar 1927

Role models. Many female dancers dealt with given role structures and criticized gender specific role attributions. The nun is seen as embodiment of a nonsexual woman who dedicates her life to God. Hence the play with the nun’s costume is a game with female physicality and sexuality. Here we meet Mura Ziperowitsch, who by wearing a nun similar costume refers to the female corporality.
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