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GCSE Classics · key term
A Roman performance form in which a masked dancer told a story through movement and gesture, accompanied by music and a chorus.
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Paper 4
Revise: The theatrePantomime centred on a dancer who told a story through gesture and movement, accompanied by music and a chorus. The dancer wore masks and could portray different characters. Stories often came from mythology and could be serious rather than comic.
Distinguish mime from pantomime. Roman mime could include speech and actresses; pantomime used a masked dancer with musical and vocal accompaniment.
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