Attractive performance - F.G. Naerebout
ancient Greek dance : three preliminary studies
KORTE INHOUD
?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 There is a huge problem in moving from static text or image to movement; a picture only has worth as a historical document if accompanied by word of interpretation. (?) No technical treatise dealing with dance is at present known to have survived. (?) Greek painted pottery is the most i...
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Amsterdam, 1997. XIX,451p. Theses. Original gilt titled red cloth. Reading ribbon. Wire stitched summary in Dutch as well as theses loosely inserted. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: NAEREBOUT, F.G.,] [Uitgever: Gieben] [Jaar: 1997] [Titel: Attractive Performances. Ancient Greek Dance: three preliminary studies.]
