Public domainPractitioner accountWritten from inside the tradition
Delsarte System of Dramatic Expression
Genevieve Stebbins · Edgar S. Werner · 1886
Why this source matters
Stebbins's Delsartean 'harmonic gymnastics' were the first mass movement-and-exercise system marketed to American women and the direct ancestor of aesthetic calisthenics, barre and dance fitness. Free and out of copyright.