Publications

Authors:

Arcangeli, Alessandro

Title:

«Danzare per fantasmata», or the embodiment of the immaterial in fifteenth-century Italian dance discourse

Year:

2017

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

REVISTA DE POÉTICA MEDIEVAL

ISSN of journal:

1137-8905

Number or Folder:

31

Page numbers:

109-116

Keyword:

fantasmata, Domenico da Piacenza, pose, memory

Short description of contents:

Within fifteenth-century Italian texts on court dancing we encounter the fairly elusive expression «danzare per fantasmata». It has been connected with the powers of the imagination and the techniques of memory, in relation to both the performers and their audiences. It seems suggestive of some ghost-like experience. It is introduced in the key source, Domenico da Piacenza, with extraordinary images, suggestive of a moment of absolute stillness, soon followed by a swift flight. The relevance of this stylistic category on Renaissance dance aesthetics has undergone recent re-evaluation; so would deserve its implications for the time and space perceptions of dancers and onlookers alike.

Product ID:

100065

Handle IRIS:

11562/972159

Last Modified:

October 26, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Arcangeli, Alessandro, «Danzare per fantasmata», or the embodiment of the immaterial in fifteenth-century Italian dance discourse «REVISTA DE POÉTICA MEDIEVAL» , n. 31 , 2017 , pp. 109-116

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