Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion
Lonsdale, Steven H.
In private and in public life, the ancient Greeks danced to express divine adoration and human festivity. They danced at feasts and choral competitions, at weddings and funerals, in observance of the cycles of both nature and human existence. Formal and informal dances marked the rhythms of life and death.In "Dance and Ritual Play in Greek Religion, " Steven Lonsdale looks at how the Greeks themselves regarded the act of dance, and how dance a...