The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . The painter who reproduces his ridiculous antics shows the wholesole of his foot, a thing that no dancer would dream of doing. Fig87 is taken from a vase of the degenerate period, and is in poorstyle. In regard to Fig. 489, it is in flat contradiction to all the PREPABATORY EXERCISES 101 other images of the same series, which uniformly present the footwith the toe down. These three exceptions only serve to prove the rule. 183. The Strike (Battement).—To execute the Battement, quicklymove the active leg away from the supporting leg
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . The painter who reproduces his ridiculous antics shows the wholesole of his foot, a thing that no dancer would dream of doing. Fig87 is taken from a vase of the degenerate period, and is in poorstyle. In regard to Fig. 489, it is in flat contradiction to all the PREPABATORY EXERCISES 101 other images of the same series, which uniformly present the footwith the toe down. These three exceptions only serve to prove the rule. 183. The Strike (Battement).—To execute the Battement, quicklymove the active leg away from the supporting leg, and then bringthem together again. The three principal types of Battement are: The Battement onthe ground, the Battement held, and the Grand Battement. 184. Striking the Ground.—The leg in the III or V, is advancedor put back (96), separates to II on the toe, and returns to itsoriginal position (Fig. 217) in this order: —1, 2—1, 2,—1, leg that commences forward finishes in the rear (Fig. 217), re-commences at the rear, and finishes forward (
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