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Title: The Art of Stage Dancing
The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession

Author: Ned Wayburn

Release Date: November 30, 2008 [EBook #27367]

Language: English

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The Art of Stage Dancing.

[Illustration: NED WAYBURN]

THE ART OF

STAGE DANCING

_The Story of a Beautiful
and Profitable Profession_

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A MANUAL

OF

STAGE-CRAFT

_by_

NED WAYBURN

Price $5.00

NEW YORK

The Ned Wayburn Studios of Stage Dancing, _Inc._
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright, 1925, by

NED WAYBURN
STUDIOS OF STAGE DANCING, INC.

Made in U.S.A.

GREETINGS!

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Someway I don't care for the word "Preface." As I think the matter
over, I'm not sure that I ever read a preface to any book; and this
fact suggests to me that possibly others would pass by this page in my
book if I dubbed it by that much-worn and very trite word. So I've
hailed you all with a much more cheery and stimulating title for my
opening page; and perhaps, in consequence, some may read it.

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My Greetings are specially extended to certain chosen groups of
people: First, to all students of the past, the present, and those
hoped for in the future; second, to the hundreds of teachers of the
art of dancing who esteem my original methods of instruction
sufficiently to care about what I may print on the subject; and
third, to a public that has sat "in front" at any or many of my
productions, and enjoyed them, and is, in consequence, interested to
know something about the hard work, the thought and the skill,
necessary to bring about such pleasing results.

Lest so narrow a limit to my Greetings may be misunderstood, on second
thought I will extend my Greetings to that world of people who love
life and beauty and happiness; who appreciate honest effort to make
living more enjoyable and brighter; who love lau