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Mime, music and drama on the eighteenth-century stage : the ballet d'action /
"The 'ballet d'action' was one of the most successful and controversial forms of theatre in the early modern period. A curious hybrid of dance, mime and music, its overall and overriding intention was to create drama. It was danced drama rather than dramatic dance, musical drama...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The 'ballet d'action' was one of the most successful and controversial forms of theatre in the early modern period. A curious hybrid of dance, mime and music, its overall and overriding intention was to create drama. It was danced drama rather than dramatic dance, musical drama rather than dramatic music. Most modern critical studies of the ballet d'action treat it more narrowly as stage dance and very few view it as part of the history of mime. Little use has previously been made of the most revealing musical evidence. This innovative book does justice to the distinctive hybrid nature of the ballet d'action by taking a comparative approach, using contemporary literature and literary criticism, music, mime and dance from a wide range of English and European sources. Edward Nye presents a fascinating study of this important and influential part of eighteenth-century European theatre"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 326 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781139101684 1139101684 9780511794223 0511794223 9781139101028 1139101021 9786613341907 6613341908 1107221315 9781107221314 1139097644 9781139097642 1283341905 9781283341905 1139103482 9781139103480 1139099000 9781139099004 |