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Silent Eloquence: Lucian and Pantomime Dancing (Classical Literature and Society)
Silent Eloquence Lucian and Pantomime Dancing - Classical Literature and Society
Author: Ismene Lada-Richards
One of the greatest aesthetic attractions in the ancient world was pantomime dancing, a ballet-style entertainment in which a silent, solo dancer incarnated a series of mythological characters to the accompaniment of music and sung narrative. Looking at a multitude of texts and particularly Lucian's On the Dance, a dialogue written at the height...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780715634912
ISBN-10: 0715634917
Publication Date: 6/27/2007
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Duckworth Publishers
Book Type: Paperback
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