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Show THEORY OF THEATRICAL DANCING. 81 opinion, the finest positions are such as are shown by fig. 1, 2, 3, and 4, of plate XIII, and by fig, 4, plate XII. Entrechat and step of elevation, wherein the body is inclining forwards, fig, 2 and 4, plate XIII. Entrechat and steps of elevation, in which the body is inclining backwards, fig. 3, same plate. Ordinary elevation of a dancer, two feet, fig. 4 and 5, plate XII. PHYSICAL REMARKS ON A MAN IN THE ACT OF SPRINGING FROM THE GROUND. In what manner a man makes three movements in leaping. " W h e n he springs upwards, his head is three times more active than his heels, before his toes leave the ground, and twice more so than his hips. This happens by reason of the three angles that are made in the act of leaping; the first of which is, where the trunk is joined in front of the thighs; the second, where the thighs on the side of the hams are united to the legs ; and the third is formed before, at the joints of the legs and insteps."-Leonard. Attitudes of the dancer in terns of elevation and entrechats, fig. 4, plate XII.; fig. 1,2, 3, and 4, plate XIII. Elevation of two feet, fig. 5, plate XII. |
