New Directions in Ancient Pantomime
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0199232539
ISBN-13
9780199232536
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 20th, 2008
Print length
504 Pages
Weight
733 grams
Dimensions
22.40 x 14.40 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesDance & other performing artsClassical history / classical civilisation
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A collection of specially commissioned studies in which leading world specialists explore all aspects of the ancient pantomime dancer's performance skills, popularity, and social impact, while paying special attention to the texts that formed the basis of this distinctive art form, the forerunner of modern ballet.
This is the first comprehensive and illustrated study of the most important form of theatre in the entire Roman Empire - pantomime, the ancient equivalent of ballet dancing. Performed for more than five centuries in hundreds of theatres from Portugal in the West to the Euphrates, from Gaul to North Africa, solo male dancing stars - the forerunners of Nijinsky, Nureyev, and Baryshnikov - stunned audiences with their erotic costumes, subtlety of gesture, and dazzling athleticism. In sixteen specially commissioned and complementary studies, the leading world specialists explore all aspects of the ancient pantomime dancer''s performance skills, popularity, and social impact, while paying special attention to the texts that formed the basis of this distinctive art form.
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