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Modern Visions of Greek Tragic Dancing
- Theatre Journal
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 55, Number 3, October 2003
- pp. 467-480
- 10.1353/tj.2003.0128
- Article
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Dancing must be an integral part of our understanding of Greek tragedy as a form of dance drama, but its reconstruction is obscure. The methodology of significant proposals made in the modern period by researchers Lawler, Webster, and Prud-hommeau is placed under critical scrutiny in this essay, with important ancient terms examined, and a broad problematic exposed.