Mime, Music and Drama on the Eighteenth-Century Stage The Ballet d'Action

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nye, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011.
Subjects:
Ballet > History > 18th century. > Europe.
Theater > History > 18th century. > Europe.
Pantomime > History > 18th century. > Europe.
European drama > History and criticism. > 18th century.
Music > History and criticism. > 18th century > Europe.
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