DANCING BY THE MILE.

North Otago Times, 22 May 1909, Page 3 (Supplement)

DANCING BY THE MILE.

How many dances a re you likely to receive this year? Ten? Twenty? Well, here are some statistics that mav interest you.

According to a well-known professor of dancing, six and a half hours is time enough to become complete master of the ordinary waltz, with the reversing movement. It should bo danced to very slow music, and in the three steps which go to each bar a distance of 2ft. 6in. should be traversed. The speed should be 44 bars of music a minute, involving .132 movements of the feet, and. 22 complete revolutions of the dancing couple. The duration of a dance should not exceed six minutes. The pupil should be proficient after about Gu trials, involving 17,1(50 bars of music, 51,-180 steps, 8,580 turns, and a total distance of seven miles.

Only an hour and forty-five minutes is necessary to acquire the mazurka. It needs 11,490 steps, 1,207 turns, and two miles of dancing. The polka is another easy dance. It needs 28 practice-dances of four minutes each to bring perfection. 9,200 steps, 2,300 revolutions, and a distance of about 2J miles. . r ..