This volume reconstructs the changing attitudes towards dancing in texts over the centuries, in particular the Renaissance’s re-evaluation of conceptions of dancing found in the Classical Age. It highlights the semiotic and rhetorical equivalences between verbal and non verbal communication examining the relationship, in particular, between gestures and utterances. The article views discourse and dancing as contributing to social interactions through the expression of an individual’s action. KEYWORDS display and epideixis, mute rhetoric, theory of action, eloquence, stage acting, non verbal communication, rhetorical code, historical excursus, linguistic descriptions of dancing.
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION: INVESTIGATING THE RHETORICAL CODE OF DANCE IN PANTOMIME
LOIACONO, ANNA
1998-01-01
Abstract
This volume reconstructs the changing attitudes towards dancing in texts over the centuries, in particular the Renaissance’s re-evaluation of conceptions of dancing found in the Classical Age. It highlights the semiotic and rhetorical equivalences between verbal and non verbal communication examining the relationship, in particular, between gestures and utterances. The article views discourse and dancing as contributing to social interactions through the expression of an individual’s action. KEYWORDS display and epideixis, mute rhetoric, theory of action, eloquence, stage acting, non verbal communication, rhetorical code, historical excursus, linguistic descriptions of dancing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
