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I. THE ANCIENT AND MODERN ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE DANCE 15

II. THE RISE OF THE BALLET 27

III. THE HEYDAY OF THE BALLET 39

IV. THE DECLINE OF THE BALLET 57

V. THE SKIRT DANCE 71

VI. THE SERPENTINE DANCE 81

VII. THE HIGH KICKERS 91

VIII. THE REVIVAL OF CLASSICAL DANCING 103

IX. THE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN BALLET 123

X. THE REPERTORY OF THE RUSSIAN BALLET 137

XI. THE RUSSIAN DANCERS 153

XII. THE ENGLISH BALLET 173

XIII. ORIENTAL AND SPANISH DANCING 189

XIV. THE REVIVAL OF THE MORRIS DANCE 203

XV. THE FUTURE OF THE DANCE 215

INDEX 225

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

IN COLOUR

CARMENCITA, after a painting by John Sargent _Frontispiece_

DANSEUSES EN SCÈNE, from a painting by Degas _To face page_ 66

ISADORA DUNCAN “ “ 106

MAUD ALLAN, from a photograph “ “ 112

DANSE ORIENTALE, after a design by Léon Bakst “ “ 132

ANNA PAVLOVA, from a painting by John Lavery “ “ 160

ADELINE GENÉE, from a photograph “ “ 178

RUTH ST DENIS, in a Nautch Dance “ “ 192

IN BLACK AND WHITE

MARIE TAGLIONI, as _La Sylphide_ “ “ 42

CARLOTTA GRISI, in _The Peri_ “ “ 50

FANNY CERITO, in _Ondine_ “ “ 52

KATE VAUGHAN “ “ 72

KATE VAUGHAN, in Turkish costume “ “ 74

ALICE LETHBRIDGE “ “ 76

LETTY LIND, in a Skirt Dance “ “ 78

LETTY LIND “ “ 84

CONNIE GILCHRIST (The Gold Girl), from a painting by Whistler “ “ 92

REGINA BADET, première danseuse of the Paris Opera “ “ 98

ISADORA DUNCAN “ “ 108

MAUD ALLAN, in _The Vision of Salomé_ “ “ 114

MAUD ALLAN, in Chopin’s Funeral March “ “ 118

THE RUSSIAN BALLET, an undress rehearsal “ “ 126

TROUHANOWA, in an Oriental ballet “ “ 130

WASLAW NIJINSKY, in _Le Pavillon d’Armide_ “ “ 138

LEONTIEV and LEPOUKHAVA, in _Le Carnaval_ “ “ 140

KARSAVINA and NIJINSKY, in _Le Spectre de la Rose_ “ “ 142

LES SYLPHIDES “ “ 144

SERAPHIMA ASTAFIEVA, as _Cleopatra_ “ “ 146

WASLAW NIJINSKY, in _Scheherazade_ “ “ 154

TAMAR KARSAVINA, in _Scheherazade_ “ “ 156

ANNA PAVLOVA “ “ 158

PAVLOVA and MORDKIN “ “ 162

PAVLOVA and MORDKIN, in Russian costume “ “ 164

MADEMOISELLE SCHMOLZ “ “ 166

MIKAIL MORDKIN, in _The Arrow Dance_ “ “ 168

LYDIA KYASHT “ “ 170

LYDIA KYASHT, in _Sylvia_ “ “ 174

ALEXANDRA BALASHOVA “ “ 176

ADELINE GENÉE “ “ 180

ADELINE GENÉE, in _A Dream of Butterflies and Roses_ “ “ 182

PHYLLIS BEDELLS, in _Sylvia_ “ “ 184

BEATRICE COLLIER and FRED FARREN, in _La Danse des Apaches_ “ “ 186

RUTH ST DENIS “ “ 190

LEONORA, as a Spanish dancer “ “ 194

LA OTERO “ “ 196

LA GUERRERO “ “ 198

MORRIS DANCE: BEAN-SETTING “ “ 206

MIKAIL MORDKIN, in _The Cymbal Dance_ “ “ 216