CHAPTER XV. 



VOLTES AND PIROUETTES. 



The movement of traversing In a circle 

 is called a volte, when the forehand follows 

 the outer circumference, and the croup is 

 kept towards the center. As the circles 

 decrease in size the distance to be passed 

 by the croup is lessened, and when the 

 croup becomes the pivot about which the 

 forehand passes the volte becomes a pirou- 

 * ette. 



The smaller the circles for the volte 



hter 

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the lighter must be the forehand of the 



