Field photograph·C00482·1927
Dancing on the orchestra at the theatre, Soli

Description
Two men in dark waistcoats and white shirts dance on the flat, stony floor of the theatre at Soli, one with a leg kicked high. Other men stand or sit at the edges, including a seated figure on a low chair near a stone wall. Wheelbarrows, a spade and large cut stone blocks are visible, and about a dozen people sit or stand along the excavated ground behind.
Other scans of this record (3)
- Description, scan 2
- Two men dance in the open central area, one in a dark waistcoat and hat, the other in a white shirt and wide dark trousers, mid-leap with his leg kicked up. Behind them two seated men play music beside large cut stone blocks, and a figure sits on a wooden frame at the left. Along the top right, about ten spectators sit on the stone ledge beside wheelbarrows and a spade.
- Description, scan 3
- Two men in white shirts and dark wide skirt-like trousers dance facing each other on bare, stony ground. One wears a wide-brimmed hat and dark waistcoat, and a man in a hat and jacket stands at the right edge. Behind them seated figures sit near a cut stone wall, and on the upper terrace a row of onlookers sits and stands beside wheelbarrows and a spade.
- Description, scan 4
- In the foreground, a man in a hat and dark waistcoat stands with his back to the camera while another, in a white shirt and dark knee-length shorts, dances with one knee raised. A third man in a hat stands at the right, and a figure in light clothing is at the left edge. Behind them, cut stone faces and wheelbarrows fill the excavated cutting, and about a dozen seated men watch from a raised bank at upper right.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Copy photograph. Soli, the theatre: dancing on the orchestra.
Swedish, as on the record
Repro. Från svenska cypernexpedi- tionen. Soli, Teatern. Dans på orkestran.
Swedish, as on the record
Teatern, dans på orkestran. Soli Svenska Cypernexpeditionen
More from Soli
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C00200The theatre at Soli, Evagoras in the eastern parodos
C00204Byzantine walls at Soli
C00220The theatre at Soli: work on the substructure walls of the east eisodos
C00226The theatre at Soli. Work on the orchestra from the west
C00239The theatre at Soli, excavating the proskenion
C00244The theatre at Soli: pipe in Room III, eastern corner of the stage
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)


