Two painters who loved dancing wrote this survey for audiences rather than performers. They move from the dances of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages and Renaissance to the technique and golden age of ballet, then turn to Spanish, Italian, European folk and Oriental dancing and the ballet’s nineteenth-century decline, with many of their own drawings.
A warm, well-illustrated history for anyone who enjoys watching dance and wants to know where its steps came from. Download the free EPUB.