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