Dancing is composed of Positions, Steps, Sinkings, Risings, Springings, Capers, Fallings, Slidings, Turnings of the Body, Cadence or Time, Figures, &c.
Positions, are the different Placings of the Feet in Dancing.
Steps, are the Motions of the Feet from one place to another.
Sinkings, are the Bendings of the Knees.
Risings, are when we rise from a Sink, or erect our selves.
Springing, is a rising or leaping from the Ground.
Capers, are when in rising or leaping from the Ground, one Leg beats against the other, which we call Cutting.
Fallings, are when the Body, being out of its proper Poise, falls by its own Weight.
Slidings, are when, in moving, the Foot slides on the Ground.
Turnings, are when the Body turns either one way or the other.
Cadence or Time, is a right understanding of the different Measures, and Observation of the most remarkable places in the Tune.
