In chapter sixteen of Positions, Mulcaster offers a very practical defense of dance, based on its physical merits as a good and healthful exercise. He also explores the following topics: "Dancing: its use and misuse; "Kinds and causes of Dancing" and "Ancient and modern Dancing".

see, Mulcaster, Richard. Positions (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1888), pp.72-75.

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