The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 192. were so given over to the orgiastic frenzy that it was really a matter for pathologists, had such a science existed then. Dr. Meige has not hesitated to assert that Fig. 193. this representation and others very much like it indicate a nervous POSITIONS OF THE HEAD 87 157. The body bending forward and the body bending back, are,without any reservations, then, exclusively the positions of thebacchic dancers, who play an important role in the Dionysian dance. POSITIONS OF THE HEAD 158. Adice, author of The Gymnasti
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 192. were so given over to the orgiastic frenzy that it was really a matter for pathologists, had such a science existed then. Dr. Meige has not hesitated to assert that Fig. 193. this representation and others very much like it indicate a nervous POSITIONS OF THE HEAD 87 157. The body bending forward and the body bending back, are,without any reservations, then, exclusively the positions of thebacchic dancers, who play an important role in the Dionysian dance. POSITIONS OF THE HEAD 158. Adice, author of The Gymnastics of the Dramatic dancesays that there are five Positions of the Head, corresponding exactlyto the positions of the Body. I. Head facing (Fig. 194). II. Head bent to the side (Fig. 195). III. Head turned (Fig. 196). Both of the last two Positionsare double. This Position is taken by first turning the Head facing,then moving it to the side one-fourth of a circle to the left or right.
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