This article embarks on a sociological explanation of the genesis of talent as an embodied experience and as bodily hexis generated within a system of social and aesthetic relations which are characterised by symbolic oppositions. Using Bourdieu’s theory of artistic production, I argue that talent in theatrical dance constitutes an ideal type materialised through the construction of the dancing body as a site of excellence, only possible through access to specific forms of capital. Drawing on historical and contemporary empirical material to conceptualise talent in dance, the article critiques the notion of talent as an innate gift, contending that virtuoso physical performance is a product of history and practice and acquires meaning within such conditions of engagement.

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解构天赋：戏剧舞蹈中人才构成的关系分析


本文对人才的起源进行了社会学解释，将其作为一种具身体验和在以象征性对立为特征的社会和审美关系系统中产生的身体六边形。使用布迪厄的艺术生产理论，我认为戏剧舞蹈的人才构成了一种理想的类型，通过构建舞蹈身体作为卓越的场所来实现，只有通过获得特定形式的资本才有可能。本文借鉴历史和当代的经验材料来概念化舞蹈人才，批评了将人才视为与生俱来的天赋的概念，认为精湛的肢体表演是历史和实践的产物，并在这种参与条件下获得意义。