The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World. Responses to Greek and Roman Dance. - MACINTOSH, F.,
Responses to Greek and Roman Dance
KORTE INHOUD
When the eighteenth-century choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre sought to develop what is now known as modern ballet, he turned to ancient pantomime as his source of inspiration; and when Isadora Duncan and her contemporaries looked for alternatives to the strictures of classical ballet, they looked to ancient Greek vases for models for what they termed 'natural' movement. This is the first book to examine systematically the long history of the impact of ideas about ancient Greek and Roman dance on modern theatrical and choreographic practices. (Publisher's information). 'This richly textured, multidisciplinary book is part of the systematic investigations of verbal and non-verbal art forms (music, movement, etc.), by the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (University of Oxford), and was given momentum by recent publications on ancient pantomime. (?) The unique juxtaposition of eminent dance historians, classicists, and practitioners is distilled into five sections ('Dance and the Ancient Sources...
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2012Uitgever: Oxford University Press532 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0199656932ISBN-13: 9780199656936Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Oxford, 2012. 532p. ills. Paperback. [New] [Auteur: MACINTOSH, Fiona, (ed.),] [Uitgever: Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 2012] [Titel: The Ancient Dancer in the Modern World. Responses to Greek and Roman Dance.]
