History Of Dancing From The Earliest Ages To Our Own Times

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...the ends of which are held by the dancers, add to the length of the human chain. The dancers, winding rapidly under each other's arms, gyrate round a single couple in a long spiral. The ancient Farandole has never lost favour entirely, and Court ladies danced it occasionally in the eighteenth century. It is ...
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A history of dancing from the earliest ages to our own times

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...the ends of which are held by the dancers, add to the length of the human chain. The dancers, winding rapidly under each other's arms, gyrate round a single couple in a long spiral. The ancient Farandole has never lost favour entirely, and Court ladies danced it occasionally in the eighteenth century. It is still introduced in modern ball-rooms in the Cotillion, and as a windup to the American Quadrille. Barbantane is said to be the place where the Farandole was. danced in the greatest perfection. To a native of Provence Li farandoulaire de Barbantano is the ne plus ultra of dancing. At Manosque we may still see the dancers of St. Pancras performing old steps to old airs played by the tambourinaires, and executing the Bravade. This Bravade is a sort of fantasia of the foot, accompanied by loud cries and the report of firearms, all in honour of the saint, who used to be borne along in procession. The interdiction of processions by the authorities has put an end to the saint's annual progresses, but the dancers still play their part. The Contrapas is a purely Catalan dance, in which women rarely take part. The dancers join hands and move round in a circle.. It is, in fact, a sort of Round, led by two principal performers, who give the time and the step. They perform a few steps to one side, repeat them to the other, and the whole band imitates their movements. This swaying motion would be monotonous were it not diversified by a rapid battement with the heel against the instep. In spite of this embellishment, the Contrapas is a solemn dance. It is, in fact, a choregraphic curiosity, deprived of all charm by the absence of the feminine element. THE YOLTIGEUR After H. Bellangi As we see, many districts of France have preserved their old distinctive dances. Certa...
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  • ISBN-13: 9780766181663
  • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 3/5/2004
  • Pages: 500
  • Product dimensions: 7.50 (w) x 9.25 (h) x 1.01 (d)

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