The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE DANCING OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND GREECE

CHAPTER II DANCING IN ROME

CHAPTER III THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE

CHAPTER IV A GLANCE AT THE BALLET'S TECHNIQUE

CHAPTER V THE GOLDEN AGE OF DANCING

CHAPTER VI SPANISH DANCING

CHAPTER VII ITALIAN DANCES

CHAPTER VIII EUROPEAN FOLK-DANCING IN GENERAL

CHAPTER IX ORIENTAL DANCING

CHAPTER X THE BALLET IN ITS DARK AGE

CHAPTER XI THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION

CHAPTER XII THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY AND ITS WORKINGS

CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL DANCING OF TO-DAY

CHAPTER XIV A LAYMAN'S ESTIMATE OF CONDITIONS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text.

Contents.

List of Illustrations
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Bibliography
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Z

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The Dance



Image not available: BALLET PANTOMIME From pose by Mlle. Louise La Gai

BALLET PANTOMIME
From pose by Mlle. Louise La Gai

THE DANCE
ITS PLACE IN ART AND LIFE

BY
TROY AND MARGARET WEST KINNEY
(“THE KINNEYS”)

With a frontispiece in colour and one hundred and seventy-six line
drawings and diagrams by the authors, and three hundred
and thirty-four illustrations in black-and-white
from photographs


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NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MCMXIV


COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

All rights reserved, including
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