Abstract:
The objective was to create a dialogue between Winnicott’s theory of emotional maturation and classical dance (ballet) with the aim of bringing Winnicott’s concepts of integration, personalization and achievement closer to the steps taken in the classical artistic education of dancers. The starting point was a qualitative study, based on psychoanalysis, undertaken through interviews with sixteen classical ballet teachers with mixed training. An intersection was produced between the two fields of knowledge: one, the development of the self on the path from dependence to independence, and the other, the experience of dancers in the technical and artistic maturational dynamics required in ballet.
Keywords:
classical dance; Winnicottian Theory; Emotional Maturation