Library / Art / The Dance / Braille
The Dance ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition
Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.
Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt
472,102 braille cells · 498 embossed pages at 40×25 · 682 unrepresentable characters omitted
⠠⠏⠑⠞⠊⠏⠁⠀⠉⠀⠃⠑⠀⠷⠀⠋⠥⠝⠙⠁⠍⠢⠞⠁⠇⠀⠧⠁⠇⠥⠑⠀⠊⠋⠀⠮⠽⠀ ⠇⠁⠉⠅⠀⠮⠀⠏⠓⠕⠝⠑⠞⠊⠉⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠛⠝⠎⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠁⠇⠕⠝⠑⠀⠁⠀ ⠡⠕⠗⠑⠕⠛⠗⠁⠏⠓⠊⠉⠀⠁⠗⠞⠊⠌⠀⠉⠀⠞⠗⠁⠝⠎⠿⠍⠀⠊⠝⠞⠕⠀⠏⠇⠁⠌⠊⠉ ⠀⠑⠧⠢⠞⠎⠲⠀⠠⠑⠎⠎⠢⠞⠊⠁⠇⠇⠽⠂⠀⠯⠀⠌⠓⠑⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇⠇⠽⠀ ⠎⠏⠑⠁⠅⠬⠂⠀⠙⠁⠝⠉⠬⠀⠩⠳⠇⠙⠀⠃⠑⠀⠮⠀⠑⠇⠑⠍⠢⠞⠁⠇⠀ ⠑⠭⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠊⠕⠝⠀⠁⠇⠊⠅⠑⠀⠷⠀⠎⠽⠍⠃⠕⠇⠊⠉⠀⠗⠑⠇⠊⠛⠊⠕⠝⠀⠯⠀ ⠇⠕⠧⠑⠂⠀⠵⠀⠭⠀⠥⠎⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀⠑⠜⠇⠊⠑⠌⠀⠓⠥⠍⠁⠝⠀ ⠞⠊⠍⠑⠎⠲⠀⠀⠠⠙⠁⠝⠉⠬⠀⠯⠀⠁⠗⠡⠊⠞⠑⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠮⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀ ⠏⠗⠊⠍⠜⠽⠀⠯⠀⠏⠇⠁⠌⠊⠉⠀⠁⠗⠞⠎⠒⠀⠮⠀⠐⠕⠀⠔⠀⠠⠐⠞⠂⠀⠮⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀ ⠔⠀⠠⠎⠏⠁⠉⠑⠆⠀⠮⠀⠐⠕⠀⠑⠭⠏⠗⠑⠎⠎⠬⠀⠮⠀⠎⠳⠇⠀⠙⠊⠗⠑⠉⠞⠇⠽⠀ ⠹⠗⠳⠛⠓⠀⠮⠀⠍⠫⠊⠥⠍⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠓⠥⠍⠁⠝⠀⠃⠕⠙⠽⠂⠀⠮⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀⠛⠊⠧⠬ ⠀⠕⠝⠇⠽⠀⠁⠝⠀⠕⠥⠞⠇⠔⠑⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠎⠳⠇⠀⠹⠗⠳⠛⠓⠀⠮⠀⠍⠫⠊⠥⠍⠀⠷⠀ ⠋⠕⠎⠎⠊⠇⠊⠵⠫⠀⠿⠍⠎⠲⠀⠠⠮⠀⠕⠗⠊⠛⠔⠀⠷⠀⠘⠮⠀⠞⠺⠕⠀⠁⠗⠞⠎⠀⠊⠎ ⠀⠑⠜⠇⠊⠻⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠍⠁⠝⠀⠓⠊⠍⠎⠑⠇⠋⠲⠀⠠⠃⠕⠹⠀⠗⠑⠟⠥⠊⠗⠑⠀ ⠍⠁⠮⠍⠁⠞⠊⠉⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀⠐⠕⠀⠗⠓⠽⠹⠍⠊⠉⠁⠇⠇⠽⠂⠀⠮⠀⠕⠮⠗⠀ ⠎⠽⠍⠍⠑⠞⠗⠊⠉⠁⠇⠇⠽⠲⠀⠠⠿⠀⠙⠁⠝⠉⠬⠀⠮⠀⠍⠁⠮⠍⠁⠞⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀⠿⠍⠎ ⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀⠋⠳⠝⠙⠀⠔⠀⠍⠥⠎⠊⠉⠂⠀⠿⠀⠁⠗⠡⠊⠞⠑⠉⠞⠥⠗⠑⠂⠀ ⠔⠀⠛⠑⠕⠍⠑⠞⠗⠽⠲⠀⠼⠦⠠⠮⠀⠎⠊⠛⠝⠊⠋⠊⠉⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠷⠀⠙⠁⠝⠉⠬⠂⠀⠔ ⠀⠮⠀⠺⠊⠙⠑⠀⠎⠢⠎⠑⠂⠀⠹⠥⠎⠀⠇⠊⠑⠎⠀⠔⠀⠮⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠀⠞⠀⠭⠀⠊⠎⠀ ⠎⠊⠍⠏⠇⠽⠀⠁⠝⠀⠊⠝⠞⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠉⠗⠑⠞⠑⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠁⠇⠀⠷⠀⠞⠀ ⠛⠢⠻⠁⠇⠀⠗⠓⠽⠹⠍⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠍⠜⠅⠎⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠮⠀⠏⠓⠽⠎⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀⠯⠀ ⠎⠏⠊⠗⠊⠞⠥⠁⠇⠀⠍⠁⠝⠊⠋⠑⠌⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠷⠀⠇⠊⠋⠑⠂⠄⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠑⠎⠀ ⠠⠓⠁⠧⠑⠇⠕⠉⠅⠀⠠⠑⠇⠇⠊⠎⠲⠀⠼⠦⠠⠮⠀⠁⠗⠞⠀⠷⠀⠙⠁⠝⠉⠬⠀ ⠍⠕⠗⠑⠕⠧⠻⠀⠊⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠊⠍⠁⠞⠑⠇⠽⠀⠑⠝⠞⠺⠔⠫⠀⠾⠀⠁⠇⠇⠀⠓⠥⠍⠁⠝ ⠀⠞⠗⠁⠙⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠷⠀⠺⠜⠂⠀⠷⠀⠇⠁⠃⠕⠗⠂⠀⠷⠀⠏⠇⠑⠁⠎⠥⠗⠑⠂⠀⠷
These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.