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Orchesography

For giving the Hands in Dancing.

John Weaver translation

You will know when to give the Hand, by a small

Crescent

or

half Circle

at the end of a little Barr or Stroke, which is to be plac’d on the side of the

Tract

, viz. when it is on the right side of the

Tract

, it shews, that you must give the right Hand; and when on the left, it shews the left Hand is to be given; and when there is one on each side, both Hands must then be given.

To give the right Hand. To give the left Hand To give both Hands.

Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures

When you have thus given one Hand or both, you are not to quit Hands, till you find the same Marks cut through with another little Stroke, which shews, that in that place the Hands are to let go.

To let go one Hand. To give one Hand. To let go both Hands. To give both Hands.

Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
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