PREFERRED TERM
468Pantomime
BROADER CONCEPT
SCOPE NOTE
- Form of theatre using body language (facial expression, gesture, and movement) to imitate an action without using speech. It derives from the Latin pantomimus and is rooted in Greek-Roman representational and Asiatic art as well as in the religious rituals of primitive peoples.
SOURCE
- Corvin 2008
- Λεξικό 2007
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Goulis Helen (AA)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Pantomime
French
Pantomime
German
Παντομίμα
Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/468
