It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

It is a fine art because it strives for an ideal, not only in plastic but also in lyrical respect.

The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire

The height of artistic skill is to know how to conceal the mechanical effort and strain beneath harmonious calm.

The art of Mime encompasses all the feelings of the soul. The Dance, on the other hand, is essentially an expression of joy, a desire to follow the rhythms of the music.

The beautiful always retains the freshness of novelty, while the astonishing soon grow tiresome.

Mannerism is not character, and affectation is the avowed enemy of grace. Every dancer ought to regard his laborious art as a link in the chain of beauty, as a useful ornament for the stage, and this, in turn, as an important element in the spiritual development of nations.