Keywords:
Beyoncé, Keersmaeker, choreography, intertextuality, postmodernismCopyright (c) 2017 José Ignacio Sanjuán Astigarraga
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Abstract
American singer Beyoncé used in the music video for the song Countdown elements of two choreographies by Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker. This paper tries to establish which elements were taken from Keersmaeker’s works and how this relates to other images (Audrey Hepburn, Diana Ross) that also appear in the music video.
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