Abstract Dance studies scholars have explored the interrelatedness of dance, text, and technology in productive ways. Reorienting such an approach toward a medieval perspective, this article focuses on how Dante poeticizes dance in Paradiso, the third section of his Commedia. I begin by exploring Paradiso’s representations of technology and kinesthesia. Dante, I argue, converges clockwork and dance imagery and, in doing so, simulates the experience of sacred phenomena. Next, I examine the vernacular technologies of Dante’s dance language, which demonstrate linguistic mastery, envision a just society, and articulate an ethical approach to love. Ultimately, I posit that Dante’s rendering of dance in poetry overcomes the limits of verbal communication and formulates a moralizing discourse.

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发条般的颂歌：但丁天堂中的中世纪舞体技术

摘要 舞蹈研究学者以富有成效的方式探索了舞蹈、文本和技术之间的相互关联。本文将这种方法重新定位到中世纪的视角，重点关注但丁如何将《天堂》中的舞蹈诗化，这是他的喜剧的第三部分。我首先探索 Paradiso 对技术和动觉的表现。我认为但丁融合了发条和舞蹈意象，并以此模拟了神圣现象的体验。接下来，我检查但丁舞蹈语言的方言技术，这些技术展示了语言掌握、设想了一个公正的社会，并阐明了爱的伦理方法。最终，我认为但丁在诗歌中对舞蹈的渲染克服了口头交流的限制，并形成了一种道德化的话语。