Attractive performances : : ancient Greek dance : three preliminary studies / / F. G. Naerebout.

• VerfasserIn: Naerebout, F. G,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Brill,, 1997.
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 451 pages)

This book is not another history of the dance in ancient Greece, but wants to lay the groundwork on which such a history should properly be build. The three preliminary studies offered here are, first, an extensive historiography of the subject which seeks to illuminate where we stand at present in reference to the large amount of work done on ancient Greek dance for the past 500 years. Secondly, an exercise in source criticism, embracing both texts and imagery, in order to establish the limits to which we can push any investigation, and thirdly, an attempt at model building to provide an explicit theoretical framework for future research. This is the first time that some of the approaches of the new dance scholarship which has arisen during the past few decades have been systematically applied to the dancing of the ancient world.

Table of Contents

P.1. reviewing the historiography: A conspectus of five centuries of enquiry into the dances of the ancient world -- P.2. Scrutinizing the sources: A critical look at texts and images as sources for the study of dancing in ancient Greece -- P.3. building a model: A move towards a theoretical framework for the study of dancing at public events in ancient Greece.