Show great men who danced the ancients regarded dancing as a necessary accomplishment socrates Socrat eg learnan the art in his old age while plato in his ills commonwealth advocated the establishment of dancing schools tho the romans celebrated their victories and pastoral festivals by elaborate dances they excelled in pantomime dances from which the ballet latwas was evolved the emperor forbade the senators to dance and for so doing removed several members from the senate grave statesmen and politicians of high degree have excelled in the oldest of the arts lee J vanco vance in popular science monthly |