Micro-post #156: An article about the stars of America's Golden Age of Theater

"Live theater is ephemeral by its very nature; archival videos of stage performances, though good to have, only sketchily represent the enveloping depth of the experience of seeing a play in person. A goodly number of ballets and modern dances, as well as famous dancers of the past, were also never captured on film, though much classic choreography is preserved through labanotation or other reconstruction methods. But except for mime, the art of live theater performance relies on the all-important element of speech, which doesn’t exist in dance."

- Mark N. Grant, "Requiem for a Lost Art"

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