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All of nature was rhythm ; man , seeking to understand and to master through imitation , followed rhythm and developed the first form of drama : dance . Amid all the other forms of drama that branched from it , the dance remains ...
All of nature was rhythm ; man , seeking to understand and to master through imitation , followed rhythm and developed the first form of drama : dance . Amid all the other forms of drama that branched from it , the dance remains ...
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Wherever man dwelt , there the dance - drama grew by slow evolution , becoming more complex in its symbols and forms with the growing intellectual power of man , his ability to have ideas . The original religious importance of the dance ...
Wherever man dwelt , there the dance - drama grew by slow evolution , becoming more complex in its symbols and forms with the growing intellectual power of man , his ability to have ideas . The original religious importance of the dance ...
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There would be dancing and singing and some persons masked themselves as satyrs , wild mythological creatures half man and half goat who were the attendants and servants of Dionysus . From these creatures the earliest crude comedies ...
There would be dancing and singing and some persons masked themselves as satyrs , wild mythological creatures half man and half goat who were the attendants and servants of Dionysus . From these creatures the earliest crude comedies ...
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How Drama Was Born | 1 |
The Theatre of Greece | 6 |
Reconstruction of Theatre of Dionysus at Athens | 14 |
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