La Grace et l’Art du comedien

Pourquoi le theatre a-t-il exclu le chant et la danse ?

by Yoshiji Yokoyama, preface by Florence Dupont

Book cover: La Grace et l’Art du comedien

Extent: 501 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Music & Performing Arts

Series: Etudes sur le theatre et les arts de la scene

Series volume number: 37

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(October 2024)

ISBN: 9782406172284

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $33.00

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Hardback (Published)

(October 2024)

ISBN: 9782406172291

5.94 x 8.62 inches

Price: $95.00

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Why, in wanting to “resurrect” the theater of the singing and dancing Ancients, did the “Moderns” invent a new form? The historical development of the notion of the actor’s grace and art show the logic and circumstances that shaped this singular theatrical form.


Why, in wanting to “resurrect” the theater of the singing and dancing Ancients, did the “Moderns” invent a new form? The historical development of the notion of the actor’s grace and art show the logic and circumstances that shaped this singular theatrical form.

  • By (author) Yoshiji Yokoyama
  • Preface by Florence Dupont