Short Sketch of the Usefulness of the artistic Exercise of Dance: In which is shown how much it contributes to the pleasing Behavior of young Persons; also in particular how on any Occasion one may 1. Stand correctly, 2. Walk correctly, and 3. Bow correctly. For Use in repeated Practice. Written for his Students by Gottfried Taubert Dancing Master in Zerbst. Printed at the Author’s Expense. [1727]
摘要
Inasmuch as it has been the gracious pleasure of His Highness, Prince and Lord, Lord Johann August, Prince of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony, Engern and Westphalia, Count of Ascania, Lord of Zerbst, Bernburg, Jever, and Kniep-hausen, etc. etc., a short while ago, to consent and graciously confer upon me and confirm [my succession to] Master A. A. Borckmann’s Privilege and Charge, as Princely Court Pages’ Master, with the latter’s approval, to instruct the city’s youth in dancing, good manners, and other skills; and establishing by law, as stated in the gracious letter of consent, that to each and every inhabitant of this high-princely seat [Residenz-Stadt], including the families of the nobility as well as the citizenry, whether dependent upon the court