The rhetoric-figurative approach to the history of artistic gesture

Authors

  • Iryna Ja. Matsevich-Dukhan Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

artistic gesture, rhetoric, eloquence, figures of speech and thought, dance, pantomime, choreography, gesture culture

Abstract

The article explicates the role of ancient rhetoric in the formation of contemporary gesture culture. The author outlines distinguishing features of the artistic gesture in different historical and cultural contexts, reveals the specifics of the evolving special scientific language which allows subjecting the socio-cultural dynamics of artistic gesture to critical analysis. The particular character of the dialogue between philosophy and contemporary choreography is demonstrated.

Author Biography

  • Iryna Ja. Matsevich-Dukhan, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (philosophy), docent; head of the department of cultural studies, faculty of social and cultural communications

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2025-09-16

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No. 1-2 (2025): Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension

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Socio-Cultural Communications

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Matsevich-Dukhan, I.J. 2025. The rhetoric-figurative approach to the history of artistic gesture. Human in the Socio-Cultural Dimension. 1-2 (Sep. 2025), 4–9.