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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
175
In
the
present
day,
you
must
understand
how
to
move
gracefully
through
quadrilles,
to
dance
polka,
Schottische,
Varsovienne,
and
waltz.
To
these
you
may
add
great
variety
of
dances,
each
season,
probably,
bringing
a
new
one.
"Dancing,"
says
Mr.
Sheldrake,
"is
one
of
the
most
healthy,
as
well
as
one
of
the
most
pleasing
amusements
that
can
be
practised
by
the
young.
If
it
is
learned
from
those
who
are
well
qualified
to
teach
it,
and
practised,
as
it
ought
to
be,
consistently
with
the
instructions
given,
it
will
contribute
more
to
improve
the
health,
as
well
as
the
form
of
the
human
frame,
than
any
other
exercise.
For
the
discovery
and
promulgation
of
the
true
and
correct
principles
according
to
which
dancing
should
be
taught,
the
world
is
indebted
to
France,
a
country
which
has
long
taken
the
lead
in
the
elegant
arts.
In
France,
dancing
was
first
raised
to
the
dignity
of
a
science,
a
royal
academy
being
founded
for
the
purpose
of
teaching
and
perfecting
it,
in
the
reign
of
Louis
Quatorze.
In
this
academy
were
trained
many
of
the
most
distinguished
dancers
of
both
sexes."
One
of
the
most
celebrated,
Madame
Simonet,
gave
the
following
account
to
Mr.
Sheldrake
of
the
mode
of
instruction
pursued
in
the
academy:--"All
the
pupils,
before
they
were
permitted
to
attempt
to
dance,
were
completely
instructed
in
what
were
called
the
preparatory
exercises;
that
is,
a
system
of
exercises,
which
endued
all
their
limbs
with
strength,
firmness,
elasticity,
and
activity;
when
they
had
acquired
these
properties,
they
began
to
dance.
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