Astral Dance (Egyptian), iv, 13f, 63. Athenæus (quoted), 55, 60; (cited), 59. Athens (dancing at festivals), 53; (theatre of Dionysius), 64f; (Mænad Dance), 69. Auber, Daniel-Esprit, 103. Augustus (Roman Emperor), 73, 75. Aulos (Greek flute), 58. Austria, 102. _L’Autômne Bacchanale_, 186, 187. Auvergne (folk-dancing), 121. _Axis Dance_ (Arabian), 22. B _Baba Yaga_ (Russian ballet), 152, 179. Bacchanalian dance, 65. Bacchus (Greek and Roman god), 54, 65, 69, 74; (Roman orgies), 75f. Bach, Johann Sebastian, v, 102f; (bourrées), 121; (courantes), 145. Bacon, Sir Francis (cited on masques), 83. Bagpipes (in Morris dance), 115; (in English Sword Dance), 116; (in Irish jig), 120; (in Roumanian folk-dance), 137. Baken Amen (Egyptian tablet), 20. Bakst, Léon, 183. Balakireff, Mily Alexejevich, 104, 152, 171, 181, 231f, 256. Ballerina’s tunic, 215. Ballet (origin), 8, 10; (18th cent.), 14; (Russian), 23, _170ff_; (French), _86ff_; (defined by Noverre), 89; (Italian), 124; (classic), 151ff; (Danish), 162ff; (plots), 163. _Ballet des Ardents_ (French court dance), 81. _Ballet du Carrousel_ (performed at Tuileries), 86f. Ballet slipper, 216. Ballotté, 98. Barefoot dancing, 197, 201. Barrett, S. A. (cited on plot of _Dream Dance_), 39. Barrison, Gertrude, 203. [Le] Basque (French ballet dancer), 87. Bathyllus (Roman dancer), 73, 74f. Battements, 95. Bayaderes, 25, 27, 28. _[Les] Bayederes_ (French ballet), 153. Beauchamp (director of French Academy of Dancing), 87. Beaugrand, Leontine (ballerina), 159f. Beck, Hans (Danish ballet dancer), 164. Beerbohm, Max (quoted on Genée), 167f. Beethoven, v, 102f, 200, 206. Begutcheff (director of Moscow ballet), 177. Bekeffy, 182. Belle Fatma [La] (20th cent. Egyptian dancer), 22. Bellicrepa saltatio (Roman dance), 73. Bells (in Morris Dance), 114. Benares, 25. Benois, 183, 226, 229, 230. Benserade, 86. Berlin, 203f. Berlin Museum (painting of Sword Dance), 115f. Bernay, Mlle. (ballerina), 159. Berri, Duchess de, 81. Bibasis (Greek dance), 61, 62. Bible (cited), 19; (quoted), 43, 44. Bilibin, 183. Birds (courtship dances of), 6. Björnson, Björnstjerne, 104. Blache (ballet composer), 102. Black Forest (dance of the), 130. Blasis, 91, 102; (quoted on Bolero), 109. Bogdanova (ballerina), 151, 183. Bohemia (folk-dancing). See Slavic folk-dances. Bolero (Spanish folk-dance), 50, 109, 112. Bondina (Andalusian folk-dance), 106. Borodine, Alexander, 171, 228, 256. Botta, Bergonzio, di, 81f. Botticelli, 45. Bournoville, Antoine August, 104, 151, 152, 162f, 164f, 166, 168, 169. Bourrée, 121f. Boyars, 141, 178. Boys (training of, as dancers), 183. Brahma, 25. _Brahma und Bayaderen_ (German ballet), 164. Brahminism (relation to dancing), 25ff.