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the eyes, the hands, the neck, 
the head, the arms, the mouth 
in fine, the whole body 
dances. 
The older pupils spend a 
good deal of 
time in prac- 
.. - 1 ice by th -m 
' ' selves I re 
^ member one 
young man 
who sometimes danced 
six hours a day. One 
k of my friends, a dancer 
\ who has now attained 
• a high position in her 
111 profession, used to go 
wBk to the country in the 
! yjw summer and practise 
V* four hours a day under 
sj the supervision of her 
brother - - a verv fine 
dancer. As in all other 
departments of art, 
success depends very 
'ST largelv on personal 
M initiative and hard 
work. Even the suc- 
cessful ballerina can- 
not allow herself to 
I become slack. If she 
is to preserve her 
I . I technique she must 
l dance exercises every 
boys ; I : : ■ : girls m <i ill 
class. certain H 
amount of difficult)’ 
must be experi- 
enced in finding out 
exactly what meed 
of progress each in- jM H 1 
dividual is making. 
To oliviate this 
difficulty, therefore. W 
as far as dancing is 
concerned, ex- 3. 
animations are held 
every year, and those pupils who do 
not score a certain percentage of 
marks are told that their services are 
no longer required. 
You will understand that, to the 
trained dancer, to the dancer who 
has given up some of the best years 
of her early youth to mastering her 
art. not only do the legs dance, but 
I. WASSELENA. 
3. S. 1EDOROWA. 
2. LYDIA KYASUT. 
4 . ADELINE GENE! 
ADAMOVITCH. 
