"Ancient Greek dance" traditionally evokes images of stately choruses or lively Dionysiac revels - communal acts of performance.
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It argues that dancing alone signifies transgression and vulnerability in the Greek cultural imagination, as isolation from the chorus marks the separation of the individual from a range of communal social structures.
This is the first book to look beyond the chorus to the diverse and complex representation of Solo dancers in Archaic and Classical Greek literature. "Ancient Greek dance" traditionally evokes images of stately choruses or lively Dionysiac revels - communal acts of performance