The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 559. 240 CHOREGRAPHY. Fig. 5C0. rhythm, its more precious and essential quality. The people made it grow into the very fiber of their bodies,a process accomplished by many exer-cises. The Greeks made their costume,their walk, their language,—all eurhyth-mic, whether the result was obtainedby hard gymnastics or the less violentmovements of the dance. They appre-ciated grace in playing ball, in dancingon a tight-rope, and, even in thesethings, made eurhythmy perfect. There is a tendency to generalize inspeaking of eurhythmy. Th
The antique Greek dance, after sculptured and painted figures . Fig. 559. 240 CHOREGRAPHY. Fig. 5C0. rhythm, its more precious and essential quality. The people made it grow into the very fiber of their bodies,a process accomplished by many exer-cises. The Greeks made their costume,their walk, their language,—all eurhyth-mic, whether the result was obtainedby hard gymnastics or the less violentmovements of the dance. They appre-ciated grace in playing ball, in dancingon a tight-rope, and, even in thesethings, made eurhythmy perfect. There is a tendency to generalize inspeaking of eurhythmy. The word isone that cannot be precisely translatedinto any modern language. 373. It is not easy to distinguish be-tween the play-rhythms and the dances,properly so called. It is quite possiblethat many mistakes have been made, calling dances games and vice-versa. The ball-games, which theGreek writers call dances, donot hold any such position, ifthe sculptures may be trust-ed, and are not so represent-ed in a single instance. 374. The Kubisteteres.—They dance on their hands,head down
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