{"id":329366,"date":"2021-08-23T22:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/"},"modified":"2021-08-23T22:35:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T19:35:36","slug":"how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"#How &#8216;The Red Shoes&#8217; Introduced Ballet to Horror Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4170ebb1310\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4170ebb1310\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/#Watch_%E2%80%9CHow_The_Red_Shoes_Changed_Horror_Cinema%E2%80%9D\" >Watch \u201cHow The Red Shoes Changed Horror Cinema\u201d:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/#More_videos_like_this\" >More videos like this<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-red-shoes-introduced-ballet-to-horror-cinema\/#Recommended_Reading\" >Recommended Reading<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How &#8216;The Red Shoes&#8217; Introduced Ballet to Horror Cinema<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"sf-entry-featured-media \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-red-shoes-horror.jpeg\" class=\"articlethumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Red Shoes Horror\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-red-shoes-horror.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/the-red-shoes-horror-768x432.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sf-entry-flag sf-entry-flag-creditline\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- START BYLINE --><\/p>\n<div class=\"row align-items-center justify-content-center my-4 text-center medium dark-gray\">\n            By\u00a0Meg Shields\u00a0\u00b7 Published on August 23rd, 2021\n            <\/div>\n<p>        <!-- END BYLINE --><\/p>\n<p>        <em>Welcome to The Queue \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay on how Powell and Pressburger\u2019s The Red Shoes influenced horror cinema.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Horror fans, when I say \u201cballet\u201d what springs to mind? Pained, arching feet? Maddening quests for perfection? Kinetic terror <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s from the likes of <em>Black Swan, <\/em><em>Suspiria<\/em>, and <em>Us<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>While the art form of ballet has always had a certain gestural affiliation with the macabre, its allegiance with horror cinema (as we might recognize it) began in 1948. Enter: <strong><em>The Red Shoes<\/em><\/strong>, the second post-war success story from the British directorial duo <strong>Michael Powell<\/strong> and <strong>Emeric Pressburger<\/strong>. The film tells of Vicky Page (<strong>Moira Shearer<\/strong>), an aspiring prima ballerina in the throes of an impossible choice: her unwavering dedication to her craft and her desire for real, earnest love. Torn between her imposing instructor and the charming young composer tugging on her heartstrings, Vicky begins to crack under the pressure with tragic results.<\/p>\n<p>Much like Powell and Pressburger\u2019s psychologically tortured masterpiece <em>Black Narcissus<\/em>, which premiered the previous year, <em>The Red Shoes\u00a0<\/em>is not horror in the strictest sense. Rather, it walks the fine line (presumably in pointe shoes) between technicolor melodrama and something far more macabre and sinister. Establishing both a visual and a thematic blueprint for its <em>pas de bourr\u00e9e<\/em>-ing successors,\u00a0<em>The Red Shoes\u00a0<\/em>was the first film to truly utilize ballet as a means to penetrate the queasy psychological states of intense, fragile minds. The video essay below charts the specifics by which Powell and Pressburger\u2019s film unearthed the potential allegiance between horror and dance, and how <em>The Red Shoes <\/em>changed our perspective of ballet from something poised and elegant to something potentially sinister.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Watch_%E2%80%9CHow_The_Red_Shoes_Changed_Horror_Cinema%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Watch \u201cHow The Red Shoes Changed Horror Cinema\u201d:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How The Red Shoes influenced horror cinema\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4bHggZn2mU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-839c096a-2881-4e76-aef1-4e01b79aa34f\">This video essay on <em>The Red Shoes<\/em>\u2018 influence on horror comes courtesy of the fine folks at\u00a0<strong><em>Little White Lies<\/em><\/strong>, a film-obsessed magazine based in the United Kingdom.\u00a0<strong>Lillian Crawford<\/strong> wrote and edited this video, which was produced by Adam Woodward. You can follow <em>Little White Lies\u00a0<\/em>on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lwlies\">here<\/a>. And you can check out their official website\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lwlies.com\/\">here<\/a>. You can subscribe to their YouTube account\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/lwlies\/featured\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_videos_like_this\"><\/span>More videos like this<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>        Related Topics: Horror, The Queue, The Red Shoes<br \/>\n        <!-- AUTHOR BOX --><\/p>\n<div class=\"gray-bg p-4 border small mb-5\">\n<div class=\"row align-items-center text-md-center\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/meg.jpg\" class=\"circle img-fluid\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md\">\n            Meg Shields is the humble farm boy of your dreams and a senior contributor at Film School Rejects. She currently runs three columns at FSR: The Queue, How&#8217;d They Do That?, and Horrorscope. She is also a curator for One Perfect Shot and a freelance writer for hire. Meg can be found screaming about John Boorman&#8217;s &#8216;Excalibur&#8217; on Twitter here: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorstNun\">@TheWorstNun<\/a>. (She\/Her).        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>        <!-- START RECOMMENDED READING 1 --><\/p>\n<section class=\"recommended py-5\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_Reading\"><\/span>Recommended Reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- END RECOMMENDED READING --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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