The Three-Cornered Hat (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Three-Cornered Hat It Has long been a matter of surprise that a ballet founded on the dance-rhythms of Spain has not been presented hitherto, particularly when one recalls the many months spent by the company in that country prior to their return to London, and Massine's increasing use in his choregraphy of the rhythmic stamping of the feet. Again, the company's repertoire is rich in ballets founded on the mythological legends of Greece and Rome - witness Midas, Narcisse, Daphnis and Chloe and the traditional dances of Spain, handed down from generation to generation, have, considered choregraphically, many similarities with the classic dances of antiquity. The poses displayed in Tanagra figurines, the play of the arms and legs, the extreme throwing-backward of the head, are expressions of movements common both to the Greek and Spanish dance. The use of castanets may be cited as a further proof of affinity, for at ancient Rome, as in modern Spain, popular dances were cadenced by the click of castanets. The use of these instruments is shown clearly in drawings that may be seen in the British Museum and in Myron's famous statue, Dancing Satyr playing castanets, which is in the Vatican Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.