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

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