The Kaleidoscope of Reconstructed Bodies: Dance-Ins and Invisible Labor in Hollywood Cinema

Neri Torres

doi:10.1080/01472526.2026.2715313

August 11, 2026Dance Chronicle

The Kaleidoscope of Reconstructed Bodies: Dance-Ins and Invisible Labor in Hollywood Cinema

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Key Points

To examine the historical and cultural role of dance-ins as invisible laborers in Hollywood cinema and evaluate how their physical labor reproduces aesthetic ideals.
Employs historical and filmic critical analysis to investigate dance-in labor practices in Hollywood cinema production.
Identifies dance-ins as essential yet marginalized workers whose uncredited physical labor constructs the on-screen presence of lead performers.
Demonstrates how dance-in labor practices historically uphold and reproduce dominant aesthetic ideals on screen.

Implication

Critical analysis reveals the invisible labor of dance-ins in Hollywood cinema, highlighting how hidden performers sustain dominant aesthetic standards.

Abstract

Hollywood Dance-Ins and the Reproduction of Bodies by Anthea Kraut centers on the figure of the “dance-in”—a largely invisible laborer who helps produce and sustain a white aesthetic ideal of the o...

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The Kaleidoscope of Reconstructed Bodies: Dance-Ins and Invisible Labor in Hollywood Cinema

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