The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . com-plex. The dancer is, therefore, movingin place, like the soldier, who, com-manded to mark time, marcheswithout advancing. 206. Whether the dancer walksor runs, leaps or whirls, thesemotions are spoken of as Steps, a word which also designates theevery-day walk. Thus, the word has but one meaning, but a wideone; it applies to a large number of elementary movements which areas simple as the walk, and which are combined to form certain fig-ures on the ground or in the air. These movements are called the Step, or the Tempos of the
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . com-plex. The dancer is, therefore, movingin place, like the soldier, who, com-manded to mark time, marcheswithout advancing. 206. Whether the dancer walksor runs, leaps or whirls, thesemotions are spoken of as Steps, a word which also designates theevery-day walk. Thus, the word has but one meaning, but a wideone; it applies to a large number of elementary movements which areas simple as the walk, and which are combined to form certain fig-ures on the ground or in the air. These movements are called the Step, or the Tempos of the Step. 207. When we speak of the Minuet Step, or the Bourrce Step, orthe Basque Step, or the Valse Step, we thereby designate a group ofthese elementary movements which are combined, and, in combina-tion, are spoken of as a Step. The Valse-Step, for instance, is acombination of six Tempos, and consists of six elementary movements. It must be borne in mind that the word Tempo, as applied to thedance, is to be considered as synonymous with movement. A Tempo 113. 114? TECHNIQUE OF THE DANCE Battu is an abbreviated term meaning a more or less complicatedmovement of the legs in the Battement. 208. The Tempo on the ground and the Tempo in the air must notbe confused; the first is a movement executed by the dancer withoutleaving the ground; the second supposes the dancer to dart throughthe air with a movement more or less high, by means of a leap, thefeet being, both of them, off the ground. 209. A great number of movements are executed in double form,on the ground and in the air. 210. It is usual to study Tempo before step, because it is the Tempo that controls the b \ -r i We shall not proceed in \ // this logical order, but ? IV T1FV *\Jr_ will compare the Tem- pos and the steps toj PAS \ 11 P\S those of the Greeks, pre- 11 senting a number of sim- ple examples, without I * I Til n/ T1FRR trying to grade them. The practical studyFg- 232- of the dance demands rigorous applic
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