LEADER 02821nam 2200637 a 450 001 996209685503316 005 20230721003746.0 010 $a1-282-07616-7 010 $a9786612076169 010 $a0-19-155257-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000557339 035 $a(EBL)728817 035 $a(OCoLC)328071896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088491 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11127182 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088491 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083498 035 $a(PQKB)10011516 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000073608 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728817 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7038253 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7038253 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000557339 100 $a20080602d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aNew directions in ancient pantomime$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Edith Hall and Rosie Wyles 210 $aOxford $cOxford University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (500 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-171600-6 311 $a0-19-923253-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [420]-448) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis 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 606 $aPantomime$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 500 606 $aPantomime$zRome$xHistory$yTo 500 606 $aTheater$zGreece$xHistory$yTo 500 606 $aTheater$zRome$xHistory$yTo 500 615 0$aPantomime$xHistory 615 0$aPantomime$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 615 0$aTheater$xHistory 676 $a792.30938 701 $aHall$b Edith$f1959-$0283486 701 $aWyles$b Rosie$01005446 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209685503316 996 $aNew directions in ancient pantomime$92311667 997 $aUNISA