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Show s g .M1E0mH'eI Mg iy itr'.m{etth { Wb, pref ¥ Lotk 1t i Eaour to i T the Lupry it o Dancy |m Paflwail, lic ement and the o 10 ths Do 2 of s D glod, Ltketo guesy W0 1 o whoexcels e elee ' G mor gch read in Hiftory Ancient and Modern with a Tafte to Painting, and Poetry . 1 g they aret o Qulfai 4 felves upon the Town for Mafters But Men of Judgment will eafily perceive the Difference between a juft an skilful Performance, and the ridiculou Buffoonry of thefe artles Ignorants A Mafter or Performer in Grotefqu Dancing ought to be a Perfon bred u to the Profeflion, and throughly skill' in his Bufinefs. Asa Ma/ler, he ough to be skill'd in Mufick, and particularly in that Part relating to Time; wel He muft be perfectly acquainted wit all Steps ufed in Dancing, and abl to apply ‘em properly to each Charaéter: In Hifforical Dances (whic confift moft in Figure, and reprefen by AéZion what was before fung or exprefs'd in Words)the Mafter muft tak peculiar Care to contrive his Steps, an adapt his Actions, and Humour, to th Charatters or Semtiments he woul reprefent or exprefs, {o as to refembl of Artfloels n W Hiftory of ‘Dancing Skill of the Performer. Yet this for of Dancing {eems at firft View not t be fo difhcult; by reafon there are f many Pretenders to 1t, who palm them the Perfon he would 1mitate or Paffi |