VIII. LEG AND FOOT EXERCISE. FIRST SERIES. First Position. No. 170.-The instructor will command: 1. Leg and Foot Exercise; 2. First Series; 3. First-POSITION. No. 171.-At the third command, the student will take the position of Fig. 84. No. 172.-First Movements-RIGHT. First, the front part of the right foot will be raised and lowered eight times, as energetically as possible, as in Fig. 84, both an upward and a downward motion being made on each number counted; then, at the command, LEFT, the same number of corresponding motions will be made with the front part of the left foot; then, at the command, ALTERNATE, eight of these motions will be made alternately, first with the right foot and then with the left; and finally, at the command, RECIPROCATE, eight of these motions will be made by reciprocation, the front of the right foot descending at the same time the front of the left foot ascends. During these movements the heels remain fixed, and the knees are held rather stiff. FIG. 84. No. 173.-Second Movements-RIGHT. These movements are described with the heels, the toes remaining fixed, while the remainder of the foot is raised and lowered as energetically as possible, as in Fig. 85. The knees will move freely. The remaining commands, and the number and order of the movements, are the same as in No. 172. No. 174.-Third Movements-TOES. At this command, the fronts of both feet will be elevated and lowered four times simultaneously, as in Fig. 84; then, at the command, HEELS, both heels will be raised and lowered four times simultaneously, as in Fig. 85; and finally, at the command, ALTERNATE, eight of these double motions will be made alternately, the fronts of both feet being first raised and lowered, and then the heels. This class of movements is executed in slow time, both the upward and the downward motions being made on even numbers, or accented syllables. Second Position. No. 175.-Second-POSITION. will take the position of Fig. 86. FIG. 85. At this command, the student No. 176.-First Movements-RIGHT. The remaining commands, and the number and order of the motions, are the same as in No. 172, the movements being made in the position of Fig. 86. The Second Movements of this position correspond to No. 173; and the Third, to No. 174. Third Position. At this command, the student No. 177.-Third-POSITION. will take the position of Fig. 87. and order of motions of the three classes of movements of this position, correspond respectively to those of the First Position, p. 210. After the movements have been executed with the right foot forward, as in Fig. 87, at the command, CHANGE, the Third Position will be taken with the left foot forward, and the three classes of movements will be repeated. SECOND SERIES. First Position. No. 178.-The instructor will command: 1. Leg and Foot Exercise; 2. Second Series; 3. First-POSITION. No. 179.-At the last command, the student will take the position, by slightly elevating the toes and turning quickly on the heels, so that the inner parts of the feet touch each other from the heels to the toes, as in Fig. 88. No. 180.-First Movements--RIGHT. At this command, the right foot will turn on the heel to the right, the point of the foot describing the arc A B in Fig. 88, so as to form a right-angle front with the heels, and recover the commencing position four times; then, at the command, LEFT, the left foot will make four corresponding outward motions from the position, describing the arc A c; and finally, at the command, ALTERNATE, eight outward motions will be made with the feet alternately, the right foot first describing the arc A B and recovering the commencing position, and then the left foot describing the arc a c in like manner. B A FIG. 88. No. 181.-Second Movements - RIGHT. The remaining commands, the number of motions, and the order in which they are made, are the same as in No. 180; but the toes are kept in position, and the heels are turned out sidewise as far as possible. No. 182.-Third Movements-TOES. At this command, the points of both feet will be turned out simultaneously to the sides, describing the arcs A B and A c, Fig. 88, and brought back to the commencing position four times; then, at the command, HEELS, four outward motions will be made with the heels simultaneously; and finally, at the command, ALTERNATE, eight outward and inward motions will be made alternately, the points of both feet being first turned out to the sides and brought back to the commencing position, and then the heels. The time is marked by the patter of the toes, or the heels, on every outward or inward motion. Second Position. No. 183.—At the command, Second-POSITION, the position will be taken by first rising on the toes and springing into the air, and then instantly spreading the feet, dropping down upon the toes, and planting the feet twice the length of the student's foot apart, as in Fig. 89. On every motion from, as well as to, this posi tion, the foot is brought to the floor. FIG. 89. At this command, the No. 184.-First Movements-RIGHT. front of the right foot is raised, and the foot is turned on the heel to the right, describing the arc A B, Fig. 89, and returned to the commencing position four times. The front of the foot beats the floor every time it arrives at the points в and A. At the command, LEFT, the left foot will describe the arc c D, in like manner, and recover the commencing position four times; then, at the command, ALTERNATE, four of these outward motions will be made with the feet alternately, the right foot first describing the arc A B and recovering the com |