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Carlo Blasis Quotes

The dancer gradually introduces all that his art comprises.

The dancer gradually introduces all that his art comprises.

Carlo Blasis
Dance, Art, Dancing
Carlo Blasis (1830). “The code of Terpsichore. The art of dancing, tr. by R. Barton”, p.40

The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer.

Carlo Blasis
Dance, Art, Dancing
"The Theory of Theatrical Dancing: With a Chapter on Pantomime".

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