Nature Dancing: The Poetry of Motion (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Serova, Sonia

 
9781333375621: Nature Dancing: The Poetry of Motion (Classic Reprint)

Présentation de l'éditeur

Simplicity :: Grace :: Expression This charming work, dedicated by Mile. Serova, to the teachers of A merica, is the latest and perhaps the simplest thin in dancing. I ts secret is. Be Natural but, be natural with a definite meaning, definite movements, and clearly reni ered interpretations. There has been much so-called Nature Dancing, but this is the first time it has been offered to the public on a clear, definite and classified basis. It is founded on the ancient Greek method, yet it lays no claim to being Greek, although many Grecian poses and attitudes are used throughout the exercises and studies. Particularly adapted for teachers work with children its keynote is simplicity arid perfect movement. Extract from The Boston Fost, Sunday, Oct. 8, 1916 The last word in dancing sounds simple. Dancing as understood by lithe and laufehin Mademoiselle Sonia Serova suests a whole realm ofT crpsichores as yet undiscovered to the average dancer a world of nymph-women and faun-men who are not ashamed to abandon themselves to the expression of primitive joy and exaltation in the presence of nature to dance barefooted and untrammelled, yet in obedience to the fi,reat laws of rhythm, alon the margins of real brooks that mirror their flyinj forms, or on hilltops at dawn to reet vH th an obeisance the rising orb of the sun. Mile. Serova has nothing but contempt for the amateurish running, throwing out the arms and JivinJ an occasional clumsy leap that oes under the name of aesthetic dancing. That it takes no teachinji to do, she admits, but adds that there is no art in the thin when done. A graduate of the severe training that Russia imposes on all who hope to win fame as danseurs or dansensts, she naturally despises the easily acquired and meaningless work of women who refuse to submit to any systematic training at all. To run free as the air over hill and stream, to
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre