The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . g. Fig. W9. forward all through the Step or dance. Figs. 438 and 439 show theessential moments of which 3 and 4 on Plate IV show the a fragment, painted in red, dating from the first half of thefifth century B. C, is pictured a dance of the Bacchantes, whichexpresses all of the disorder that characterized these rituals. Thereare eleven of the figures, one of them playing on the double idol of the god, in form a column surmounted by a head, pre-sides over the evolutions of the chorus; it is impossible to
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . g. Fig. W9. forward all through the Step or dance. Figs. 438 and 439 show theessential moments of which 3 and 4 on Plate IV show the a fragment, painted in red, dating from the first half of thefifth century B. C, is pictured a dance of the Bacchantes, whichexpresses all of the disorder that characterized these rituals. Thereare eleven of the figures, one of them playing on the double idol of the god, in form a column surmounted by a head, pre-sides over the evolutions of the chorus; it is impossible to say whythe latter are grouped as they are. Four of the women brandishthe thyrsus. The others gesticulate in the manner common to thistype of dances. Some have empty hands, others shake their tam-bourines or carry vases, all combine their movements much likeSpanish dancers. With head bent, their eyes seem to follow the 178 RECONSTRUCTION OF TEMPOS AND STEPS movements of their feet. They repeat over and over the Separation(Fig. 438), Pose (Fig. 439), Separate (Fig. 438
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