Carlo Blasis - The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close st

The serious is the most difficult branch of dancing, it requires a close study, and cannot be duly appreciated but by connoisseurs and men of a refined and pure taste. She who excels in it deserves the highest applause. A correct execution of an adagio is the ne plus ultra of our art; I look on it as the touchstone of the dancer.

- Carlo Blasis

source: "The Theory of Theatrical Dancing: With a Chapter on Pantomime".

topic: Dance, Art, Dancing, Adagio