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Orchesography

Of the Change of Positions.

John Weaver translation

The

Change

of Positions, is

changing

or

shifting

from one

Position

to another, whether true or false; to wit, from the first to the second, from the second to the third, and so on.

The Change of Positions is made two ways, either by springing, or waving.

Those which are perform’d by springing, are done when you spring from one Position, and fall in another; and those which are perform’d by waving, must be done on the Ground, by waving the two Feet, or each Foot Separately, either on the Toes or Heels.

The shifting of Positions by springing, may be known by what follows, viz. by two Positions, one of which has springing on it, and the other none.

a TABLE of the shifting of the True Positions a TABLE of the shifting of the False Positions

from the 1st to the 2nd. from the 1st to the 3rd. from the 1st to the 2nd. from the 1st to the 3rd.

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from the 1st to the 4th. from the 1st to the 5th. from the 1st to the 4th. from the 1st to the 5th.

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from the 2nd to the 3rd. from the 3rd to the 5th. from the 2nd to the 3rd. from the 3rd to the 1st.

Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
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from the 4th to the 2nd. from the 5th to the 1st. from the 4th to the 2nd. from the 5th to the 4th.

Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
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from the 4th to the 4th. from the 3rd to the 3rd. from the 3rd to the 3rd. from the 4th to the 4th.

Illustration from Orchesography, or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures
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a TABLE of the Changing true positions into false positions a TABLE of Shifting from false positions to true positions

from the 1st true to the 2nd false. from the 1st true to the 3rd false. from the 1st false to the 2nd true. from the 1st false to the 3rd true.

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
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from the 1st true to the 4th false. from the 1st true to the 5th false. from the 1st false to the 4th true. from the 1st false to the 5th true.

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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from the 2nd true to the 3rd false. from the 3rd true to the 1st false. from the 2nd false to the 3rd true. from the 3rd false to the 4th true.

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
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from the 4th true to the 5th false. from the 5th true to the 2nd false. from the 4th false to the 1st true. from the 5th false to the 2nd true.

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
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from the 1st true to the 1st false. from the 3rd true to the 3rd false. &c from the 2nd false to the 2nd true. from the 3rd false to the 3rd true.

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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The

Position

which has

springing

Marks on it, shews from whence the

Spring

is to be made, and that which has no

springing

Marks on it, only denotes in what

Position

to fall, as may be seen by the foregoing Tables.

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