The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 463. Fig. 46i. Fig. 465. their sides toward this high seat, facing each other in opposed posi-tions, and showing, by the way that the wind blows their tunics, the RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STEPS 187 direction in which they turn. Dancer A turns from left to right;dancer B turns from right to Fig. 466. Fif- 467- Flgi 46S. Dancer A executes a turn by stamping on the half toe; dancerB slides upon both toes at the same time (226). More, they ac-company the movements of the legs withrhythmic oscillations of the Torso andHead, al
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 463. Fig. 46i. Fig. 465. their sides toward this high seat, facing each other in opposed posi-tions, and showing, by the way that the wind blows their tunics, the RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STEPS 187 direction in which they turn. Dancer A turns from left to right;dancer B turns from right to Fig. 466. Fif- 467- Flgi 46S. Dancer A executes a turn by stamping on the half toe; dancerB slides upon both toes at the same time (226). More, they ac-company the movements of the legs withrhythmic oscillations of the Torso andHead, alternately from right to left. This step for two is nearly identicalwith one on a famous vase, of which thedecoration represents a ceremony in honorof the Indian Dionysos. By an artifice ofthe painter, the two dancers are separatedby a long procession of gods. The votariesare placed in a double line, which, despitethe errors of perspective, make two par-allel files. At the center of the procession,Dionysos, mounted on a camel, his rightarm extended, observes the rhythmic orderof the dance (Fig. 477). The processionturns to the right; dancer A (Fig. 478)heads the march; dancer B, apparently going backward, heads theprocession.
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