Rules to be observ’d in Dancing by written Characters.
You must first find out the beginning of the
Tract
, by which means you will know towards what part of the
Dancing-Room
the Body is to be plac’d, before the
Dance
begins, as has been shewn before, in speaking of the
Posture
, and
Presence of the Body
. Then observe whether there be any
Position
, as you will find in the following Examples, and there you are to place your self. Then see what
Step
is nearest to the said
Position
, and you will find it to be that which is mark’d
Number
1. Which having perform’d, observe which is nearest to that, and you will find it is that mark’d
Number
2. After this, you must move to
Number
3, then to
Number
4, &c. and so continue moving, observing exactly to perform that
Step
which is nearest to the place where you are, and to follow always the same
Rule
as well in moving forwards, backwards, and sideways, as in moving round.
Examples.
| To move round. | To move forwards. |
| To move sideways. | To move backwards |