The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Pis:. 180. Fijr. 181. the right hand of the dancer represented in Fig. 278 are purelygrotesque. POSITIONS OF THE BODY 150. Positions of the body, where the legs do not move, are fivein number. Between two of these are some that are double. I. Body erect (Fig. 182). This Position, which is one of repose,in which the dancer stands straight and firmly, without stiffness,with the chest well forward. II. Here the bod}7 is bent to the side (Fig. 183). This Positionis double, that is, it can be taken with the Body bent either to theright
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Pis:. 180. Fijr. 181. the right hand of the dancer represented in Fig. 278 are purelygrotesque. POSITIONS OF THE BODY 150. Positions of the body, where the legs do not move, are fivein number. Between two of these are some that are double. I. Body erect (Fig. 182). This Position, which is one of repose,in which the dancer stands straight and firmly, without stiffness,with the chest well forward. II. Here the bod}7 is bent to the side (Fig. 183). This Positionis double, that is, it can be taken with the Body bent either to theright or the left. III. Body turning at the shoulder (Fig. 184). The Shouldersturn so that the torso is facing in the direction in which the legsappear in profile. The rotation is about one-eighth of a may be made toward either side. IV. Body bending forward (Fig. 185). V. Body bending backward (Fig. 186). 151. The Positions of the Body, being determined by the struc-ture of the body, are the same among the dancers of all by incessant use, the
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