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The Life and Works of John Weaver; An account of His Life, Writings and Theatrical Productions, With an Annotated Reprint of His Complete Publications, by Richard Ralph. New York: Dance Horizons, 1985. xxii + 1075 pp., illustrations, dance notation. $125.
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1. The annotated facsimiles of Weaver's works include: Notations—Orchesography (translation of Feuillet's Chorégraphy), A Small Treatise of Time and Cadence in Dancing (translation of Feuillet's Traité de la Cadence), a Collection of Ball-Dances by Isaac; Historical Writings—An Essay towards an History of Dancing, The History of the Mimes and Pantomimes, articles for The Spectator; Anatomical Writings—Anatomical and Mechanical Lectures upon Dancing; and Libretti—for The Loves of Mars and Venus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Perseus and Andromeda, and Judgement of Paris.
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