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Title: Delsarte recitation book and directory
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Wilbor, Elsie M., ed
Subjects: Delsarte system Recitations
Publisher: New York, E.S. Werner
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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quick succession. The poses will then have to be given as a series of classic tableaux, the person arranging herself each time before the curtain is rung up. Without the accessories, the poses maybe melted into one another in full view of the audience, care being taken to make the transitions without losing in any degree a perfect poise of the body, and in sinuous, graceful curves of the body and limbs. This last way is difficult to do well, requiring much practice and a perfect control of all the muscles. No trace of effort should be apparent either in the transition from one pose to another or in holding the pose. Of course, the faces hould be in harmony with each pose. The costume for these poses is a loose Greek robe, one that will show the curves of the form without in anyway constricting its movements. Much drapery around the legs, or many skirts should be avoided. Colored lights may be used with excellent effect. A regulation white wng may be worn if desired, though it is not obligatory.
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