02821nam 2200637 a 450 99620968550331620230721003746.01-282-07616-797866120761690-19-155257-7(CKB)1000000000557339(EBL)728817(OCoLC)328071896(SSID)ssj0000088491(PQKBManifestationID)11127182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088491(PQKBWorkID)10083498(PQKB)10011516(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073608(MiAaPQ)EBC728817(MiAaPQ)EBC7038253(Au-PeEL)EBL7038253(EXLCZ)99100000000055733920080602d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNew directions in ancient pantomime[electronic resource] /edited by Edith Hall and Rosie WylesOxford Oxford University Press20081 online resource (500 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-171600-6 0-19-923253-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [420]-448) and index.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; IndexThis 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 PantomimeGreeceHistoryTo 500PantomimeRomeHistoryTo 500TheaterGreeceHistoryTo 500TheaterRomeHistoryTo 500PantomimeHistoryPantomimeHistoryTheaterHistoryTheaterHistory792.30938Hall Edith1959-283486Wyles Rosie1005446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996209685503316New directions in ancient pantomime2311667UNISA