The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 5 In presenting this volume to the favor of the teaching and dancing profession we do not claim to cover the whole field of toe dancing, nor to say that if one merely practice all the exercises of this book one will become a beautiful toe dancer. Such a limited student would certainly not, for the beautiful toe dancer must be a beau tiful dancer as well, and in good dancing every part of the body is included. There is not room between the front and back covers of one book to tell all that is known about teaching how to dance beautifully. That would require at least one hundred volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Chalif Text Book of Dancing Greek Dancing, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Chalif d104 Book of Dancing Greek Dancing, Vol. 3 Perhaps it should be explained in the very preface of this book that there is no necessity that the order of the exercises, and all their details, such as the turnings of the head, exact position of arms, etc., be followed exactly; for freedom and individuality are most important. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 2In dancing, therefore, both halves must be used. In exercises, we may dispense with traversing space and with climax, in a Port de Bras exercise of the arms alone. But we can not reverse the omission and have an exercise concerning the feet alone, for that would be one devoid of beauty.When we say, as in Russia, that a good dan cer is recognized by his arms it is because here we most clearly realize beauty. And hence we see why I have always so emphasized the use of the upper half of the body.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Chalif Text Book of Dancing Greek Dancing, Vol. 3We have striven in this volume to find the science in the art of Greek dancing and its pedagogy. Every word will be, we hope, of practical value to the teacher and dancer. If the exercises are named, and the name's idea amplified under the paragraph "Expression," it is that the teacher may have a simple means of appealing to his pupils' imagination, to bring out their expressiveness. In the introductory chapters we have followed the same practical method. The truths there are so stated that they can be repeated to a class, with results of better dancing.We have chosen in this book to consider dancing simply as an art, although granting that it brings health in perfection, that it coordinates the mental and physical powers and increases both, and that it has a deep moral influence. We both acknowledge these benefits of dancing, and are willing that whoso would may call them its most important aspects.One of the hardest points in writing this volume has been the choice of its title. Of the many names applied to the branch of dancing here treated, some are so broad as to embrace all the chords of Terpsichore's lyre, while others are too narrow to cover all the phases of the mode discussed here.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 1In Russia they have well proved the value of dancing, not only in their ballet, but for all men and women, as a means of bringing not happiness alone, but strength, ease and gracefulness, good carriage and good manners, expressiveness and individuality throughout a lengthened life. America and the other countries have in the last decade done much in realizing these benefits of the dance. They have accomplished this through the leading teachers of the day, who are masters of the craft, and by going beyond the ball-room, into the higher branches of the art. From a dancing which consisted of a mere gliding of the feet in a few different manners, they have gone on to an art in which every part of the body - head, shoulders, arms, torso, legs and feet - becomes the medium of expression and art. It is such dancing only that can pass on grace and fire to the ball-room, and bless a nation.It can, we should say, if honestly and thoroughly taught, and this requires practice exercises, as much as does music. Concentration upon a few points at a time, studying or doing those over and over again, until successively each one is learned, this is the universal method of study in every well-organized science or art.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

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The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing Greek Dancing, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing Greek Dancing, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)