Aspects of Roman dance culture: religious cults, theatrical entertainments, metaphorical appropriations
The fourteen chapters of this e-book 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 d...
| Published in: | Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English German French |
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Stuttgart
Franz Steiner Verlag
[2022]
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Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge (Band 80)
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| Series/Journal: | Potsdamer altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge
Band 80 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Dance
/ Culture
/ Religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Papyrology B Dance and the senses B Comedy and tragedy B Performance studies B Archaeology of Roman dance B Greek and Latin epigraphy B Roman religious cults B Roman dance B Latin literature B Roman pantomime B Dance and Roman politics B Dance as metaphor B Roman theatre |
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| Rights Information: | CC-BY-NC-ND |
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| Summary: | The fourteen chapters of this e-book 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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| ISBN: | 3515133259 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25162/9783515133258 |