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Show THEORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING. 49 PART T H E SECOND. THEORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING'. " Que la danse toujours, ou gaie ou seneuse, Soit de nos sentimens l'image ing6nieuse ; Que tous ses mouvemens du cceur soient les echos, Ses gestes un langage, et ses pas des tableaux!" DELILtE. CHAPTER I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO PUPILS. You who devote yourselves to the enchanting Terpsichore, and aspire to an honourable rank amongst her votaries; who are gifted by nature with every quality necessary to obtain admission into her temples, and are predetermined to leave nothing undone that may aid in the accomplishment of perfection, attentively observe the following instructions:- Success or failure in all studies, chiefly depends on the manner in which they are commenced. Your first attention must be therefore directed to the choice of a master, with w h o m you may run no hazard of being led astray. All professors have not issued from good |
