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New Directions in Ancient Pantomime

Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles
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      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 dazzlingathleticism. 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 artform.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles EAN: 9780199232536 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 733 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-11-20 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Miming WIDTH: 144 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Theatre studies, Dance, Other performing arts, Ancient history

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      Edith Hall is Professor of Classics & Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London. Rosie Wyles is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama, University of Oxford.
      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 dazzlingathleticism. 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 artform.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Edith Hall, Rosie Wyles EAN: 9780199232536 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 733 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2008-11-20 CITY: GENRE: PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Miming WIDTH: 144 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Theatre studies, Dance, Other performing arts, Ancient history

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      Edith Hall is Professor of Classics & Drama, Royal Holloway, University of London. Rosie Wyles is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Archive of Performances of Greek & Roman Drama, University of Oxford.

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