Where to place the Motion of the Arms on the Tract.
In moving forwards or backwards in the
Dance
, the
Arms
must be mark’d on each side the
Tract
, the right
Arm
on the right side the
Tract
, and the left
Arm
on the left side; but when in the
Figure
of the
Dance
, the Movement is sideways, they are to be mark’d both on one side, always observing, that the right
Arm
must be to the right, and the left
Arm
to the left.
| Both Arms open. | The left Arm open, the right bent at Elbow. |
| Both arms open. | The right Arm open, and the left quite closed. |
I shall not pretend to make a long Disquisition on the Motion of the Arms, but shall only add, that as there are three Movements from the Waste downwards, fo there are also three Movements in the Arms, which have a Correspondence, and are agreeing with them below, viz. that of the Wrist, has Relation to the Heel; that of the Elbow, to the Knee, and that of the Shoulder, or the whole Arm, to the Thigh.
You will know when the Arm moves by an arch’d Line, mark’d C D, drawn from that which represents the end of the Arm, which shews the Figure the Wrist makes in moving, as from C to D.
The Movements of the Arms are to be perform’d two ways, upwards or downwards; upwards from the Position of the Arm below, or downwards from the Position above.
The Motion of the Arm upwards, is when the Arm, which is open or extended, closes (in approaching) to the Body ascending, and the Motion of the Arm downwards, is when the Arm, which is clos’d, opens or extends it self descending.