The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . d, whilethe body bends very far back, the feet and the back approach eachother (Figs. 424, 425, 426). In the next figure the right leg descendsand the backward bend is hidden by the readjustment of the positionof the torso. The dancer will next recommence the series of smallSteps which will end in another Jete. The Jete of this figure (425) is the same as that pictured inFig. 420, except that one is on the right foot and the other onthe left. Between the Figs. 424 and 425 there comes the period of suspen-sion (222). The charming d
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . d, whilethe body bends very far back, the feet and the back approach eachother (Figs. 424, 425, 426). In the next figure the right leg descendsand the backward bend is hidden by the readjustment of the positionof the torso. The dancer will next recommence the series of smallSteps which will end in another Jete. The Jete of this figure (425) is the same as that pictured inFig. 420, except that one is on the right foot and the other onthe left. Between the Figs. 424 and 425 there comes the period of suspen-sion (222). The charming dancer in Fig. 579 uses the same mechanism. Herethe backward bend of the torso is accompanied by a backward droop-ing Head; Fig. 427, A shows the length to which the pose was some-times carried at the climax of the Bacchic dances, Pg. 430. RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STEPS 173 311. Body Alternately Bending1 Backward and Forward—Theextreme limit of the pose is attained by the dancer in Fig. 427 whoadvances with short steps on the half-toe. If this dancer is not one.
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