Nielsen, Augusta, 164.
Nijinsky, Waslaw, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 229, 248.
Nijny Novgorod, 140.
Nile (centre of ancient dancing), 10.
_Nina_ (French ballet), 94.
Notation. See Musical notation.
Noverre, Jean Georges, vi, 10, 87, 89, 91, 99, 151, 152, 180, 196.
Novikoff (Russian ballet dancer), 185.
Novitzkaya (ballerina), 151, 181.
Nude Bayaderes, 189.
Nudity (in Egyptian dances), 18;
(in Greek dances), 54f;
(in modern degenerate dances), 193.
Nuitter, Charles Louis Étienne (as ballet composer), 151, 152.
Numa (mythical founder of Roman sacred dance), 10, 73.
Nuremberg (its guild dance), 129.
_Nut Cracker Suite_ (Tschaikowsky), 185.
Nymphs, dances of (in Dionysian Mysteries), 68f.
O
Oberammergau Passion Play (comparison with Chinese ‘Historical
Ballet’), 33.
Obertass (Polish dance), 136.
Oboe (in Indian dance), 27.
Odyssey (cited), 52.
[_L’_]_Oiseau de Feu_ (ballet), 231.
Ojibways, 39.
_Olaf den Hellige_ (Danish ballet), 163.
Olympic games, 54.
Opera (influenced by Russian ballet), 176;
(in rel. to modern ballet), 265.
Opera houses, 175.
See also Paris Opéra; Moscow (opera house).
[_L’_]_Oracle_ (ballet), 92.
‘Oranges and Lemons’ (British folk-dance), 120.
‘Orchestra’ (in Greek dance), 63.
Orchestration (in 15th-cent. ballets), 82.
Orient, dancing in, 3.
See also China, India, Japan, etc.
Oriental dances (European imitations), 208f.
_Orpheus’ Descent into Hell_ (ballet by Noverre), 90.
_Orpheus and Euridice_ (17th-cent. ballet), 179.
Osiris cult, 15f.
Ostrovsky, 104f, 171, 177.
[La] Otero (Spanish dancer), 210, 211.
Owl Dance (Greek), 69.
P
Paësiello, Giovanni, v.
Paimensoitaja (Finnish folk-dance), 133.
Painting, 235;
(influenced by Russian ballet), 176;
(in relation to eurhythmics), 239.
Pallas, 74, 75.
Pan (Greek and Egyptian deity), 57;
(Roman), 74.
Pantin (amateur stage at), 101.
Pantomime (in Chinese dancing), 31ff;
(in Japanese dancing), 36ff;
(in American Indian dances), 41f;
(Arabian), 47f;
(Roman), 74, 76f;
(mediæval sacred), 81;
(in Spanish folk-dance), 111;
(in Roumanian folk-dance), 138;
(in Salome dance), 191;
(used by Duncan), 199;
(in rel. to music), 249.
[_Le_] _Papillon_ (ballet), 159, 186.
Paris (Italian court pantomime introduced), 10;
(‘Fatima’ sensation), 22;
(ecclesiastical attitude toward dancing), 81;
(18th-cent. ballet), 91;
(popularity of the _Psyche_ ballet), 92;
(Camargo), 100;
(Taglioni), 153.
Paris Opéra, 91, 100.
Paris School, 151.
Pas bourrée, 97.
Pas coupé, 95.
Pas d’allemande, 20.
Pas de basque, 97;
(in Passepied), 149.
Pas de bourrée emboîté, 97.
Pas de cheval (in Egyptian dances), 18.
Pas marché, 95.
Pas sauté, 98.
Passepied, 149.
Paul, Adolf, 257.
Paul, Czar, 178f, 181.
_Paul et Virginie_ (French ballet), 92.
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