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Record Nr.

UNISA996209685503316

Titolo

New directions in ancient pantomime [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-282-07616-7

9786612076169

0-19-155257-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HallEdith <1959->

WylesRosie

Disciplina

792.30938

Soggetti

Pantomime - Greece - History - To 500

Pantomime - Rome - History - To 500

Theater - Greece - History - To 500

Theater - Rome - History - To 500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-448) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; A Note on References to Source Texts; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pantomime, a Lost Chord of Ancient Culture; I . THE PANTOMIME DANCER AND HIS WORLD; II. PANTOMIME LIBRETTI; III. THE IDEA OF THE PANTOMIME DANCER; Appendix: Selected Source Texts; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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. Insixteen specially commissioned and complementary studies, the leading world specialists explore all aspects of the