The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 98. Fig. 99. gesture and add to the decoration. The dance, as has already beensaid, has a language of its own. It may be said, at this point,that, in study, we separate the postures that have a dramatic mean-ing from those that are purely decorative. 68 TECHNIQUE OF THE DANCE 118. The Greek dancers did not, like ours, constantly move thearms in circles; they had no fear of rigidity, or of sharp is true, however, that in the noble dances the arms were movedin elegant curves; the statues tell us so, and it is not to b
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 98. Fig. 99. gesture and add to the decoration. The dance, as has already beensaid, has a language of its own. It may be said, at this point,that, in study, we separate the postures that have a dramatic mean-ing from those that are purely decorative. 68 TECHNIQUE OF THE DANCE 118. The Greek dancers did not, like ours, constantly move thearms in circles; they had no fear of rigidity, or of sharp is true, however, that in the noble dances the arms were movedin elegant curves; the statues tell us so, and it is not to be believedthat the artists always sought their inspiration in
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