The invisible dance : gaze, desire and transgression in Oscar Wilde?s Salome.

O artigo em tela prop?e uma discuss?o de Salom?, pe?a de teatro escrita por Oscar Wilde no final do s?culo XIX. O texto ? enfocado como cria??o an?mala na extensa obra liter?ria do autor irland?s, por ter sido escrito inicialmente em franc?s e tamb?m por estar inserido no contexto e est?tica decadentistas do fin de si?cle parisiense. Salom? ? analisada como obra transgressora do modernismo pelos excessos de sua linguagem po?tica, bem como pela tem?tica er?tica. Quest?es ligadas ao olhar e ao desejo s?o desenvolvidas no artigo. Prop?e-se, ainda, examinar alguns elementos da montagem da pe?a dirigida por Steven Berkoff, enfocando sobretudo a encena??o da dan?a dos sete v?us.This article proposes a discussion of Salome, written by Oscar Wilde at the end of the nineteenth century. The text is regarded as an anomalous creation amongst the Irish author?s vast literary production, as it was initially written in French and also because of its place in the context and aesthetics of the Parisian fin de si?cle decadence. Salome is analyzed as a transgressive work of modernity due to the excesses of its poetic language, as well as its erotic theme. Issues related to the gaze and desire are developed in the article. Some elements of the play?s mise en sc?ne, directed by Steven Berkoff, are also examined here, with particular focus on the staging of the dance of the seven veils