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Aspects of Roman dance culture

religious cults, theatrical entertainments, metaphorical appropriations
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Statement of Responsibility: edited by Karin Schlapbach
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: [2022]
Publisher: Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge; Band 80
Media group: Buch
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The fourteen chapters of this ook examine Roman dance by looking at its role in Roman religion, by following it into the theatre and the banquet hall, and by tracing its (metaphorical) presence in a variety of literary contexts, including rhetorical treatises, biography, and lyric poetry. These different approaches, which draw on literary texts, inscriptions, documentary papyri, the visual record, and modern reperformances, converge in illustrating a rich and vibrant dance culture which prided itself on indigenous dances no less than on its capacity to absorb, transform, or revive the dance traditions of their Etruscan or Greek neighbours. Dance was a cultural practice which was able to affirm Romanness, for instance in the case of the Salian priests, but also to raise the question of what was Roman in the first place, for instance when the originally Greek pantomime was embraced by Augustus and came to be known as "Italian style of dancing". Together the fourteen case studies offer fresh perspectives on an underexplored topic, shedding light on the manifold contexts, functions, practitioners, and appreciations of Roman dance

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Statement of Responsibility: edited by Karin Schlapbach
Medium identifier: SKH
Year: [2022]
Publisher: Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag
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ISBN: 9783515133234
ISBN (2nd): 3515133232
Description: 340 Seiten, Illustrationen
Series: Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge; Band 80
Tags: Tragedy; Aufsatzsammlung; Comedy; Antike; Dance / History; Theatrical Dance; Arts / Roman
Participating parties: Search for this character Schlapbach, Karin (editor)
Language: Englisch, Französisch, Deutsch
Date of Copyright: © 2022
Media group: Buch