Foot to foot resuscitation

Just came across the delightful term "foot to foot" to describe the way in which ballet, which notoriously lacks a universally acknowledged form of written notation analogous to musical scores, is traditionally transmitted from one generation to the next, from a dancer who learned the ballet himself or herself and then coaches the next performer, and so on down the line over the years. It's the balletic equivalent of oral history, with many of the same issues, especially when it comes to attempts to revive an "authentic" version of the original ballet.
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