From Commedia dell’Arte came archetypal characters that are still with us today, such as Harlequin and Pantalone, and the rediscovered craft of writing comic

A history of the development of ballet from the origins of dance through the 20th century.

Redrawing the conventional map of Victorian Poetics

Masks are found world-wide in connection with seasonal festivals, rites of passage, and curative ceremonies. They provide a means of investigating the paradoxic