The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . the rear footis raised, the forward one rests flat on the ground. The diagram,arranged by Marey, shows clearly how the feet alternate. II. The foot is posed on the ground only at the heel, the toebeing in the air (Fig. 12, 2). But the toe is immediately loweredand the sole of the foot rests on the ground. As the body is pro-pelled forward, the heel is lifted, describesa quarter-circle from low to high, the footnot touching except at the toe (Fig. 12,3), and the same leg is then lifted andswung forward. In two words, the foot ispos
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . the rear footis raised, the forward one rests flat on the ground. The diagram,arranged by Marey, shows clearly how the feet alternate. II. The foot is posed on the ground only at the heel, the toebeing in the air (Fig. 12, 2). But the toe is immediately loweredand the sole of the foot rests on the ground. As the body is pro-pelled forward, the heel is lifted, describesa quarter-circle from low to high, the footnot touching except at the toe (Fig. 12,3), and the same leg is then lifted andswung forward. In two words, the foot isposed on the ground at the heel and quitsit at the toe. It is a sort of see-saw move-ment, as is indicated in Fig. 12, which wasmade by superposing three images cor-responding to the three principal move-ments, and taken from the series of photographs shown in Fig. 14. III. Consequently, the two feet of the walker are never placedon the ground at the same moment, neither are the heels, neitherare the toes. The movements of the legs are symmetrical THE WALK 37 IV. There is one instant when the two feet touch the ground,that is when the foot forward is posed ready to take the weight,and before the rear foot is lifted. The position is one of extremeinstability, as may be seen from Fig. 13. The left foot, advanced,rests the heel on the ground (Fig. 12,1), when the right foot, not touchingexcept at the toe, is also lifted (, 3). 63. Opposition of the Arms andLegs in Walking.—While walking, thearms swing freely, the general condi-tion of equilibrium in movement keepsarms and legs in opposition, as perthese two formulas. When the left foot is advanced theleft arm swings backward. When the right foot is advanced the right arm swings backward. In other terms, the left foot and the right arm, the right footand the left arm: Fig. 14 makes clear the association and theopposition in movements of arms and legs. It is from photographsmade at different moments, showing succ
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