A Treatise on the Art of Dancing

Name: A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
Author: Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

Gallini, Giovanni-Andrea

Dance -- Early works to 1800; Dance -- History -- Early works to 1800; Theater -- History

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                       A

                    TREATISE

                     on the

                      ART

                       of

                    DANCING.

         By _Giovanni-Andrea Gallini_.

                   _LONDON_:

            Printed for the AUTHOR;
    And Sold by R. DODSLEY, in _Pall-Mall_;
 T. BECKET and P. A. DE HONDT, in the _Strand_;
      J. DIXWELL, in _St. Martin's-Lane_,
             near _Charing-Cross_;
                      and
     At Mr. BREMNER's Music Shop, opposite
       _Somerset-House_, in the _Strand_.

                   MDCCLXXII.

  The TABLE

  of CONTENTS.

  _Of the Antient Dance_                                   p. 17

  _Of Dancing in General_                                     49

  _Of sundry Requisites for the Perfection
    of the Art of Dancing_                                    89

  _Some Thoughts on the Utility of Learning to Dance,
    and especially upon the Minuet_                          139

  _Summary Account of various Kinds of Dances
    in different Parts of the World_                         181

  _Of Pantomimes_                                            227

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