Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing / The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures

The Tables.

1. Of Courant Movements.
2. Of half Coupee’s.
3. Of Coupee’s.
4. Of Bouree’s, or Fleurets.
5. Of Bounds, or Tacs.
6. Of Contretemps, or compos’d Hops.
7. Of Chassee’s, or Drives.

8. Of Siffonne’s, or Cross-Leaps.
9. Of Pirouettes.
10. Of Capers, and Half-Capers.
11. Of Entre-chats, or Cross-Capers.
12. Of Waving Steps.
13. A Supplement.

You must observe, that each Square contains only one Step, which I have writ down twice, to the end to shew, that what is perform’d with one Foot, may also be perform’d with the other.

An Explanation of the Steps contain’d in each Square, is also writ down with them; and whereas some of the Words and Terms are abbreviated for want of Room, I have put down here a short Explanation of them.

forw.----------------------forwards.
bacw.-------------------backwards.
sidw.-----------------------sideways.
sl.--------------------------------slide.
cro.---------------------------cross’d.
op.-------------------------------open.
qr.-------------------- quarter Turn.
hf.------------------------- half Turn.
3 qr. Turn----three quarter Turn.

circ.-------------------circular.
jo.-----------------------join’d.
incl.-------------------inclos’d.
bef.---------------------before.
beh.--------------------behind.
wav.------------------waving.
turn.------------------turning.
outw.---------------outwards.
inw.-------------------inwards.

[Transcribers note: text expanded in tables]

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