Inside the Mask
Pantomime from the Performers' Perspective
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 23686587 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Ruth Webb (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2008 |
| Páginas | 43-60 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2008-11-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | CHAPTER |
| Revista | New directions in ancient pantomime (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232536.003.0002 |
| OpenAlex | W2496382691 |
| ISBN | 9780199232536 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
This chapter explores the art form of pantomime through the perspective of the performer and attempts to get ‘behind the mask’ and discover the dancers themselves as living, breathing, embodied beings with their own perspective. The chapter reconstructs the experience of the pantomime dancer through examining the ancient evidence for the dance and the training undertaken by its performers; particular attention is given to the demands that this performance art made on the body. The ancient evidence is supplemented in the discussion by some testimony about similar mimetic dance forms today, such as North Indian Kathak dance, Balinese dance and Ballet. This modern testimony enables the author to explore the question of the interiority of the dancer, his relationship to his art and to the characters he embodied.
Aesthetics · Art · Ballet · Dance · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Performing arts · Perspective (graphical) · Visual arts · Diversity and Impact of Dance · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Human Motion and Animation · Philosophy
| Citas por año | 0,5 |
|---|---|
| Intervalo de citas | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Altamente citado | No |