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2 octobre 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.108194
- isbn: 9782753509894
- eisbn: 9782753567221
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Ismene Lada-Richards, « « Corporeal Technologies » in Graeco-Roman Pantomime Dancing », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.108194
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One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the post-classical world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style form of stage entertainment predicated on the human body’s silent delineation of action, character and passion. It featured a masked, (usually) male dancing soloist, who impersonated in close succession a series of mythical characters (both male and female) to the accompaniment of instrumental music and verbal narrative – partly recited and partly sung by a chorus. What set pantomime ap...