The Dirt Gets Theatrical - Dirt 209

Theater as public entertainment has taken many forms throughout time and among different cultural groups. We’ll hop through various times and places to look at the places where performances were held, the types of pieces performed, and the role of theater as an emotional pocket dimension.

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Links

• History of Theatre (Wikipedia)

• Tragedy (Wikipedia)

• Theater in Ancient Greece (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

• Indian Classical Dance (Wikipedia)

• Comparative mask study, ancient India and ancient Greece

• Examples of Animals in Indian Classical Dance:

• https://in.tiktok.com/@achukuttannn/video/7131910942908091690?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7131910942908091690&lang=bn-IN

• The History of Chinese Shadow Art (Google Art and Culture)

• Shadow Plays (Wikipedia)

• The Roots of African Theatre Ritual and Orality in the Pre-Colonial Period

• Performance Archaeology - Michael Shanks

• Michael Shanks’ website

• GRID Performance Archaeology page

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