Theater in byzantium
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In Byzantium, theater was a popular form of entertainment alongside weddings, fairs, and other spectacles featuring dancers, magicians, horse riding, and more. However, the evolution of theater was influenced by the Church's objections, seeing such performances as pagan. Despite this, the people's demand for amusement dominated, and theater became an accepted part of Byzantine life. Early forms of theater included mimes - performances using only body movements and facial expressions without words - as well as pantomimes, where masked dancers would perform stories from mythology accompanied by music and song.
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- 2. In Byzantium they loved the amusement and the entertainment. The weddings, the fairs the theaters and the riding become the land of miracle with dancers, magicians, horse riding, duels, jugglers, acrobats.
- 3. The theatre evolution was influenced by the Churchs objections considering such a spectacle as paganism.
- 4. Although the need of the people for amusement predominated the objection of the church and the theatre became part of the Byzantines life. The first kind of theatre was the art of mimic. The art that the actor acts only with movements. without speaking
- 5. The themes of the plays were taken from mythology or from day life. Women were also actrresses something that was not permitted in the ancient theatre. The mimes, except the movements of the body, were also using their face expressions, which was appropriately painted.
- 6. By the same era a new kind appears, which is still active. The pantomime where a dancer with a mask is dancing a theme usually from mythology, Music and a song were explaining the theme of the pantomime dance.
- 7. By the same era a new kind appears, which is still active. The pantomime where a dancer with a mask is dancing a theme usually from mythology, Music and a song were explaining the theme of the pantomime dance.