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Definition of Orchesis
1. an art of dancing [n ORCHESES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orchesis
Literary usage of Orchesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"This is the fact that the actors as well as the chorus practised a form of
orchesis, or were, in a sense, dancers as well as actors. ..."
2. Rhythm, Music and Education by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1921)
"But we must remember that the isolated figures of classical sculptors were each
and all directly inspired by the highly complex art of orchesis; ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"orchesis. Orchestra. The modern grand orchestra, of which the Boston Symphony
Orchestra is an excellent type, is the result of a long period of evolution or ..."
4. Stokes' Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: Covering the Entire Period of by Leander Jan De Bekker (1908)
"orchesis. Orchestra. The modern grand orchestra, of which the Boston Symphony
Orchestra is an excellent type, is the result of a long period of evolution or ..."
5. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1907)
"orchesis, 312. Orchestra, the, importance of, So, 81. In Roman theatres, 82.
In the market-place, 83. The old orchestra in the Athenian theatre, 84. ..."
6. The Attic Theatre: A Description of the Stage and Theatre of the Athenians by Arthur Elam Haigh (1889)
"The word 'orchesis,' which we translate as 'dancing,' had in reality a much wider
meaning. Greek dancing originated, according to Plato, in the instinctive ..."
7. Dancing by Frazer (Lily Grove), Percy Macquoid (1895)
"... in relation to sound it is called harmony, and in Greece the connection of
rhythm with harmony is expressed by the word orchesis, for which we have no ..."
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