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Show CONCLUSION. 513 CONCLUSION. In the following remarks, among other things, the relation subsisting between Dancing and the Fine Arts is further considered. " Les Arts sont frferes et vivaux." LA HARPE. THE Ballet-master, like the prism, should unite in himself those rays of light which a general knowledge of the fine arts spreads over the mind, and his productions will then be tinged with those beautiful hues, which such a knowledge must ever impart; embellishing them with an interesting and unfading charm. In poetry, painting, sculpture, and music, he will discover a treasure of materials ; great art, taste, and fancy, however, are necessary to employ such advantages successfully. Pantomime may assume any shape, and imitate every passion; it is a mighty Protean power, which may be compared to the extraordinary genius of the great Shakspeare. The exalted style of dancing should present us with the attitudes and contours of Correggio, Albano, and Guido ; every movement, every step should convey a sentiment. |