Excerpt from The Chalif Text Book of Dancing, Vol. 2 The technical consideration of dancing falls naturally into two divisions - of the upper and lower halves of the body, with the waist the dividing line. The lower possesses two legs and feet, with joints of limited arc of movement; the upper includes the mobile arms, the hands, head and expressive face. Hence the activity of the lower half is more precise and technical - that of the upper, more plastic, imaginative and expressive; the lower is more difficult and clever - the higher, more lyric and enchant ing; the lower, being the stronger, suppliesmost of the movement and is the framework of the dance - the higher is the more graceful, and decorates the framework, making it a thing of beauty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.