. Dancing with Helen Moller; her own statement of her philosophy and practice and teaching formed upon the classic Greek model, and adapted to meet the aesthetic and hygienic needs of to-day, with forty-three full page art plates;. musician, the composer, an elabo-rate technique is essential. They are concerned withsomething that does not exist in nature; they are creatorsthrough the medium of an art having mathematical val-ues for its foundation, and the ingredients for whose fin-ished and compelling charm are always interpret, too, but not as we do; their instruments—except t
. Dancing with Helen Moller; her own statement of her philosophy and practice and teaching formed upon the classic Greek model, and adapted to meet the aesthetic and hygienic needs of to-day, with forty-three full page art plates;. musician, the composer, an elabo-rate technique is essential. They are concerned withsomething that does not exist in nature; they are creatorsthrough the medium of an art having mathematical val-ues for its foundation, and the ingredients for whose fin-ished and compelling charm are always interpret, too, but not as we do; their instruments—except the human voice—are purely mechanical, whilewe know and play upon but one—our sentient humanbody, within which the soul and the mind dwell, enliven-ing and actuating all its movements and expressions. We dance in time to the rhythms of the music whichinspire our interpretations; but music, above all, relaxesmind, muscles and nerves, enabling them to receive andphysically express the images of beauty and grace whichit so mysteriously evokes. Listening to music makes ussuperior to the needs of an elaborate mechanical tech-nique. Eighty-two >^^EALTH: THE PRICELESSRESULT OF REGULAR ANDAGREEABLE EXERCISE OFMIND AND BODY. A creative adaptation upon the classic Greek model which suggests achieve-ment of the cloud-veiled summit of that ideal. Our Contribution to Health 3T is mainly from those cherished relics—singlefigures, groups, and friezes for the embellishment of Hellenic architecture—that we gain the knowl-edge which enables us to reconstruct the classic Greekdance, and to convince ourselves that it, as well, hasnever been excelled. In this task—^which is literally alabor of love—^we see more and more clearly that we arepursuing the highest hygienic ideal. The spirit ofHealth breathes in every inspiration and movement ofthe Greek Dance. But for the anachronism of associat-ing one of the later deities with one of the original Greekpantheon we should be justified in
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