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Forum for Modern Language Studies 2007 43(4):410-426; doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm066
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© The Author (2007). Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved

The Priestesses of Apollo and the Heirs of Aesculapius: Medical Art-Historical Approaches to Ancient Choreography after Charcot

Jonathan Marshall

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Edith Cowan University
Mt Lawley, WA 6000
Australia

jonathan.marshall{at}ecu.edu.au

  Abstract

This article examines the legacy of neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and the teaching of his students Paul Richer and Henry Meige at the École des Beaux-Arts, 1903–40. According to the terms of Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, their approach to art history and anatomy constituted a strictly Apollonian aesthetic in which Dionysian forms were pathologised and constrained. Although critical of the ancient witch, they influenced the revival of classical dance within Eurhythmics by Maurice Emmanuel.

Key Words: Meige, Henry • Richer, Paul • Charcot, Jean-Martin • Beaux-Arts • Dionysian • Wagner • Nietzsche • art history • neurology • anatomy • dance


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