A treatise on the use and peculiar advantages of dancing and exercises
Subtitle: considered as a means of refinement and physical development. With general remarks.
By: By Francis Mason.
Publisher: Sharp & Hale
Published: 1854
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 46
Subjects: Dance.; Dance -- History.; Dance History and Theory.
Description: In this book, dancing master Mason attempts to make a case for the advantages of dancing and traces the development of dance from ancient times. As part of his argument, Mason often distinguishes between the dance of civilized and uncivilized peoples. His bias is clear in the following: "Man in a civilized state generally turns the feet outwards, as in an uncivilized state they are invariably turned inwards" (p. 11).
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