Attractive Performances: Ancient Greek Dance: Three Preliminary Studies Tapa dura - 1997

Gieben, Amsterdam, 1997. XIX,451p. Theses. Original gilt titled red cloth. Reading ribbon. Wirestitched summary in Dutch as well as theses loosely inserted. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. ?Despite the well-documented importance of dance in ancient Greece, most studies of ancient Greek culture hardly mention dance at all. (?) This wide-ranging study seeks to redress the balance by proposing a research model to set scholars on a new course. The work is divided into three preliminary and interrelated studies. The first part is a historiography of the work already done since A.D. 600 up to the present. This include not only histories written about ancient Greek dance, but examples of how attempts to reconstruct or capture the spirit of the dance have influenced the development of Western theatrical dance. (?) The second part is a critical overview of texts and images as sources for the study of ancient Greek dance. There is a huge problem in moving from static text or image to movement; a picture only… Leer más