MODERN DANCING AND DANCERS [Illustration: CARMENCITA AFTER A PAINTING BY JOHN S. SARGENT] MODERN DANCING AND DANCERS BY J. E. CRAWFORD FLITCH, M.A. AUTHOR OF “MEDITERRANEAN MOODS” [Illustration: colophon] WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR AND MANY IN BLACK AND WHITE LONDON GRANT RICHARDS LTD. PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY MDCCCCXII PRINTED BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LTD. BEAVERHALL ROAD, EDINBURGH CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 CHAPTER 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