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Orchesography

by Raoul-Auger Feuillet

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  1. 1Art of Dancing
  2. 2By John Weaver, Dancing-Master
  3. 3To Mr. Isaac
  4. 4Preface
  5. 5A List of the Dancing-Masters
  6. 6Orchesography. — The ART of Dancing
  7. 7Of the Stage, Room, or School
  8. 8The Presence of the Body
  9. 9Of the Tract
  10. 10Of the Positions
  11. 11Of true Positions
  12. 12Of false Positions
  13. 13Of Steps
  14. 14A Demonstration of all the Steps which have been before explain’d
  15. 15Steps may have Several Marks
  16. 16How to place the Marks in their proper Order
  17. 17Observations upon Springings
  18. 18Of Springing Steps
  19. 19Of marking the Positions
  20. 20Of Positions and half Positions having several Marks at once
  21. 21Of waving Positions, and half Positions
  22. 22Of Positions and half Positions, which are wav’d and unwav’d
  23. 23Of the Change of Positions
  24. 24a Table of the shifting of the False Positions
  25. 25a Table of Shifting from false positions to true positions
  26. 26Of Positions that shift or change from one place to another
  27. 27Of the Changing of waving Positions
  28. 28How to hold the Book or Paper, to decipher written Dances
  29. 29Rules to be observ’d in Dancing by written Characters
  30. 30How to know what Steps and half Positions are with the right Foot,…
  31. 31The manner of Steps crossing one another
  32. 32To return upon a Tract you have just before mov’d on
  33. 33To know to and from what Positions, Steps move
  34. 34How Steps terminate in Positions
  35. 35Of simple and compound Steps
  36. 36The Tables
  37. 37Tables — Dancing
  38. 38a Table of half Coupees — Table of half Coupees
  39. 39Table of half Coupees
  40. 40Table of half Coupees
  41. 41Table of half Coupees
  42. 42Table of Coupeés
  43. 43Table of Coupees
  44. 44Table of Coupees
  45. 45Table of Coupees
  46. 46Table of Coupees
  47. 47Table of Coupees
  48. 48Table of Coupees
  49. 49Table of Coupees
  50. 50Table of Coupees
  51. 51Table — Bouree steps or Fleurets
  52. 52Table of Bouree’s
  53. 53Table of Bouree’s
  54. 54Table of Bouree’s
  55. 55Table of Bouree’s
  56. 56Table of Bouree’s
  57. 57Table of Bouree’s
  58. 58Table of Bouree’s
  59. 59Table · of — Bounds and Tac’s
  60. 60Table of Bounds
  61. 61Table of Bounds
  62. 62A Table of Compos’d Hops or Contretemps
  63. 63Table of Contretemps
  64. 64Table of Contretemps
  65. 65Table of Contretemps
  66. 66Table of Contretemps
  67. 67Table of Contretemps
  68. 68Table · of · Chassés or Drises · Table · of — Chassees and Falling…
  69. 69a Table · of — Sissonnes or Cross leaps
  70. 70Table · of — Piroüettes
  71. 71Table of Piroüettes
  72. 72a Table · of — Capers and half Capers
  73. 73Table of Capers
  74. 74a Table · of — Entrechats or Cross Capers
  75. 75Table of Waving Steps
  76. 76Finis · a — Suplement of Steps
  77. 77Of Time, Measure, or Cadence
  78. 78Of the Figure
  79. 79Some Rules to be observed in the Figures of Dances
  80. 80For giving the Hands in Dancing
  81. 81Of the Movement of the Arms
  82. 82Where to place the Motion of the Arms on the Tract
  83. 83Examples of the Movements of the Arms
  84. 84Some Rules to be observed in writing of Dances

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