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Dance Manuals
Over two hundred social dance manuals from the digital collections of the Library of Congress (spanning the years 1490 to 1929) are available here.
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Topics: Authors: E: Eugène Giraudet ..., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: E: Eugène Giraudet ..., Titles: L
A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is followed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltze à trois temps, and waltze à deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka...
Topics: Authors: C: Cellarius., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: C: Cellarius., Titles: T
One of the most important manuals devoted to the performance of early nineteenth-century quadrilles, Strathy divides this manual into two parts. Part one is an extensive treatment of exercises for the improvement of one's deportment. Part two provides lucid descriptions for more than twenty steps appropriate for the performance of the quadrille, a popular ballroom dance performed by four couples who face each other in a square. Additionally, Strathy provides combinations of steps for the most...
Topics: Authors: A: Alexander Strathy ..., Titles: E
Topics: Authors: A: Alexander Strathy ..., Titles: E
This is the second published edition of a sermon Ham delivered as part of an evangelistic campaign in Palestine, Texas in 1914 and his arguments are typical of this genre of antidance literature. Although Ham and other writers recognize dance in the Bible, it was interpreted as only danced by women, never in closed rooms, and never at night. Also typical of this type of manual, the author includes a list of other denunciations from Catholic, Jewish, Episcopal church leaders. And, in an unusual...
Topics: Authors: W: Will N. Noonan., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: W: Will N. Noonan., Titles: T
This manual begins with a discussion on the importance of dance for youth and outlines the origins of dance. Although much of the historical and theoretical text is borrowed from other dance writers--notably Giovanni-Andrea Gallini and John Weaver--the manual is important for its description of the Scotch reel and accompanying ten reel steps. Some of the steps include kemshóole (forward step), minor and double kemkóssy (setting steps), lematrást (cross springs), and curatag (turning step).
Topics: Authors: F: Francis Peacock ..., Titles: S
Topics: Authors: F: Francis Peacock ..., Titles: S
Although the title of this manual would indicate a collection of cotillions (figure dances usually performed by four couples), the dances are, in fact, English country dances, performed by a column of men facing a column of women. The collection includes directions for 50 English country dances.
Topics: Authors: M: M. J. C. Fraisier., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: M: M. J. C. Fraisier., Titles: T
Taken from a sermon delivered 17 June 1849, Palmer's book is typical of midnineteenth-century antidance literature. He declares that the seventeen references to dance in the Bible are all performed by one sex, in open fields, and in broad daylight. This, Palmer (1818-1902) concludes, is not the case with balls, in which the sexes dance together, in closed quarters, and at night. The author declares that human nature is "fallen and depraved, and subject to the domination of wicked...
Topics: Authors: B: B. M. Palmer ..., Titles: S
Topics: Authors: B: B. M. Palmer ..., Titles: S
New York, Derby & Jackson; Cincinnati, H. W. Derby & co., 1857.
Topics: Authors: E: Emily Thornwell ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: E: Emily Thornwell ..., Titles: T
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This manual is considered one of the most important discussions regarding the style and steps of early Romantic ballet. A dancer and dancing master, Théleur (née Taylor; fl. c. 1817-c.1844), wrote his manual in the form of a series of thirteen letters that includes a brief history of dance as well as a section devoted to social dance. The book is enhanced by full-page prints, including illustrations of dancers on full pointe. Théleur's dance notation system, the first in the nineteenth...
Topics: Authors: S: Stewart, Halpin, Hicks and Read ..., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: S: Stewart, Halpin, Hicks and Read ..., Titles: L
The format for this manual is typical of nineteenth-century dance treatises. It begins with a short discussion on the utility of dancing followed by a section devoted to etiquette of the ballroom and how to give balls. Descriptions of dances in this manual include quadrilles, waltz, polka, polka redowa, schottisch, polka mazurka, varsovienne, and the waltz in 5/4. The book concludes with eighty-seven cotillon figures and eight pages of ballroom dance music.
Topics: Authors: L: L. De G. Brookes., Titles: B
Topics: Authors: L: L. De G. Brookes., Titles: B
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Originally published in 1895, Mrs Grove's account of dance history was considered one of the most important books on dance during the late nineteenth century. Although based on previously published materials, the book maintained popularity for several decades. Using a formula employed by many writers, Mrs. Grove writes about the dances of antiquity, ritual dances, and the dances of "savages." The remainder of the book is devoted to the dance of many lands and cultures indcluding...
Topics: Authors: N: numerous reproductions of engravings, prints and photographs., Titles: D
Topics: Authors: N: numerous reproductions of engravings, prints and photographs., Titles: D
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E. H. Kopp. Containing ... full directions for calling and dancing ...
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This manual is acknowledged to be a compilation of previously published materials and, in fact, Kopp's etiquette section can be found in many contemporary works. Callers instructions are given for quadrilles, waltz quadrilles, polka quadrilles, and contra dances. Kopp includes rules and advice for calling dances such as "Never call at the wrong place to please dancers who do not dance correctly.
Topics: Authors: E: E. H. Kopp. Containing ... full directions for calling and dancing ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: E: E. H. Kopp. Containing ... full directions for calling and dancing ..., Titles: T
This manual provides instructions for the figures of five quadrilles including one for three couples (rather than the normal four couples). However, the main focus of the book is on the cotillon (also known as the German), a group dance consisting of a series of party games of figures. The manual provides 182 figures.
Topics: Authors: F: F. Paul ..., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: F: F. Paul ..., Titles: L
This manual provides step-by-step instructions, augmented by numerous illustrations, for giving masquerades, conducting tableaux, and creating "fancy drills." Costumes, hair styles, and accessories are included for Calico and Martha Washington balls, Joan of Arc, a football player, Beau Brummel, and a shepherdess. Additionally, the manual provides suggestions for tableaux scenes and living pictures ("pose plastique").
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: M
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: M
Many manuals compiled from previously published sources under a variety of author names were aimed at an ever-expanding group of people who could not avail themselves of a dance master. This work strives to instruct in a plain and explicit manner, making no attempts to discuss dance "technically and methodically." The manual is structured as a series of lessons. For example, lesson one of eleven on the waltz requires the reader to begin by being "seated upright in a chair."...
Topics: Authors: T: T. Erp. Sichore [pseud.], Titles: A
Topics: Authors: T: T. Erp. Sichore [pseud.], Titles: A
A translation of Gourdoux-Daux's Principes de la Danse (Paris 1804 and 1811), this manual is important for its description of step and step sequences appropriate in the performance of the popular ballroom dance, the quadrille (called contilion by the author). The quadrille is a series of figures, organized into sets and performed by sets of four couples. The manual begins with discussions on deportment, positions, and continues with descriptions of various steps including assemblé, jeté,...
Topics: Authors: V: V. G., Titles: E
Topics: Authors: V: V. G., Titles: E
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The title page indicates the book was completed in 1724. However, the cost of the thirty-five full-page plates precluded publication until 1735. In this treatise of two parts, Tomlinson (c. 1690-1753?) sets forth the principles of Baroque dance. Book one covers description of twenty nine steps; book two discusses the minuet, including four methods of performing the minuet step.
Topics: Authors: K: Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: K: Kellom Tomlinson, dancing-master ..., Titles: T
This manual was reissued in 1858 under the title Hillgrove's scholars' companion and ball-room guide ..., and formed the basis for a similar publication, A complete practical guide to the art of dancing, published in 1863. Typical of many nineteenth-century dance manuals, little of the text originated from the pen of New York dancing master Thomas Hillgrove. Instead, much is borrowed from previously published manuals. The scholars' companion gives information on dress, introductions, etiquette...
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Hillgrove ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Hillgrove ..., Titles: T
As was common practice during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, much of this text was borrowed from other writers. The author begins with a general history of dance and proceeds with an explanation of terms found in dance such as les grands battements and ronds de jambes. The manual contains directions for many Renaissance and Baroque dances including La Pavane, and, although the author quotes from Thoinot Arbeau's Orchesographie of 1588, the directions for performance are strictly...
Topics: Authors: E: Edmond Bourgeois., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: E: Edmond Bourgeois., Titles: T
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Miss Swepstone and Mr. Bernard Tweedale.
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This pamphlet on the tango, claimed by its author to have been "shorn of crudities which caused it to be criticized," describes a variety of steps and step combinations.
Topics: Authors: M: Miss Swepstone and Mr. Bernard Tweedale., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: M: Miss Swepstone and Mr. Bernard Tweedale., Titles: T
This manual begins, as do others of the period, with a general introduction that covers the necessity of dancing and a brief history of the dance. Declaring that bodily exercise "drives away sorrow and care," the author asks, "how is it that there are men malicious enough to condemn this innocent pastime?" (p. 12). The manual continues with ten rules to be observed at balls, duties of managers, and seven rules for the German cotillon (a series of dance games). While Meyer...
Topics: Authors: H: H. Meyen ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: H: H. Meyen ..., Titles: T
This small aide de memoire for the waltz provides separate instruction for the woman's part, the man's part, and three versions of the pursuit step.
Topics: Authors: H: Henry Gass ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: H: Henry Gass ..., Titles: T
Essentially a history of Greek, Roman, and early religious dance, and French court dance, the text is drawn from numerous writers, including Mme. Elise Voiart, Joseph Juste Scaliger, Claude François Ménestrier, Louis de Cahusac, Diderot, and Jean-Georges Noverre. The first part of this book comprises seven letters written by Baron during 1821 and 1822. The second part takes the form of conversations with Sophie and, occasionally, two more participants named Heraclite and Démocrite.
Topics: Authors: A: A. Baron., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: A: A. Baron., Titles: L
One of several treatises devoted to English country dancing by Thomas Wilson, dancing master to the King's Theatre, this manual consists of an alphabetical listing of country dances and their figures. Lamenting the present state of country dancing, the author fears "it [will] be perverted into a chaos of riot and confusion" (p.iii). Wilson's other manuals on the subject contain detailed text, tables, and diagrams to explain the figures. Their titles include An analysis of country...
Topics: Authors: T: T. Wilson ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: T: T. Wilson ..., Titles: T
Unlike earlier manuals that contained detailed information on etiquette, this manual reflects the trend of late nineteenth-century manuals to shorten or eliminate such information. This manual contains only one-third of a page of etiquette. Dances described include the waltz (with reversing steps), polka, schottisch, polka redowa, polka mazurka, galop, quadrilles, contra dances ("Scilian Circle," "Spanish Dance" and "Rustic Reel"). Thirty-seven figures are given...
Topics: Authors: C: C. H. Rivers., Titles: A
Topics: Authors: C: C. H. Rivers., Titles: A
Assembled by Professor Bonstein (pseudonym for Charles A. White) from the writings of others, this manual begins with advice to parents regarding children. "Send them to dancing school and save many a doctor's bill." The etiquette section in this manual is reduced to a section simply called "hints." The author provides advice to prompters and rules for calling quadrilles. Of the many popular ballroom dances performed in the ballroom, only the quadrille, German (also known as...
Topics: Authors: P: Professor Bonstein [pseud.], Titles: D
Topics: Authors: P: Professor Bonstein [pseud.], Titles: D
This small, pocketsize manual was intended for the students of well-known New York dancing master and composer Allen Dodworth. The manual states the rules for classes, gives Dodworth's qualifications as a teacher, and covers manners and etiquette. This edition expands on the 1873 edition by providing more information on the waltz and the cotillon or German, for which eighty-nine figures are presented.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: A
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: A
This manual, small enough to fit into a pocket, declares it contains "all the information which is interesting to the world of dancing" [p. 5]. In fact, like many nineteenth-century dance manuals, the text is heavily borrowed from numerous sources and compiled by a publisher. Its format is common for this type of manual and it begins with a discussion on etiquette followed by description of quadrilles--popular group dances performed by four couples facing in a square. Although, the...
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Unlike many other nineteenth-century antidance writers who base their arguments on Scripture, Wilkinson asks that his readers formulate their opinions on reason, conscience, and common sense. In fact, Wilkinson argues that he is not an enemy of dance and declares it to be perfectly innocent. His argument is against the "modern manner of dancing" that requires expensive clothing and the "massing together of a jostling crowd of mute or merely gibbering animals." Thus, he...
Topics: Authors: W: W. C. Wilkinson., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: W: W. C. Wilkinson., Titles: T
This manual sought to teach the art of dance to those who could not "avail himself or herself of a professional teacher." In its description of general conduct, the author notes that etiquette is nothing more than self-denial. As the work is aimed at the untutored, ten pages are devoted to the primary positions of the feet. The manual describes the grand march, quadrilles, and round dances.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
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Complete ball-room hand book, containing upwards of three hundred dances ... By Elias Howe, assisted
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To demonstrate the authority of this manual, the publisher claims the author to be American inventor, Elias Howe. Similar to many other dance manuals published throughout the nineteenth century, this book is a publisher's compilation of other sources. The book begins with a description of ballroom etiquette, dress, appropriate music, and rules for prompters. The manual continues of the era's most popular dances including quadrilles, waltz, polka, schottisch, gorlitza, polka mazurka, country...
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Topics: Authors: S: several eminent professors of dancing., Titles: C
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Topics: Authors: S: several eminent professors of dancing., Titles: C
This short pamphlet is devoted to the Highland Fling, described as a popular fancy dance, especially appropriate for children. The author gives four exercises and descriptions for eleven steps, many with multiple parts.
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. Grant ... [Book no. 2], Titles: T
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. Grant ... [Book no. 2], Titles: T
Dancing master Clendenen's book is meant for teachers of dance and he covers the basic building blocks of teaching beginning with the positions of the feet and body. Technical terms (with correct pronunciation), preparatory exercises, bows and curtseys are included as well as sections of attitudes and poses, correct and incorrect positions. The manual concludes with instructions on how to teach ten fancy dances that include "Highland Fling," "Sailor's Hornpipe,"...
Topics: Authors: F: F. Leslie Clendenen ..., Titles: C
Topics: Authors: F: F. Leslie Clendenen ..., Titles: C
Like many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The ball-room guide is not original but borrowed from other sources. The manual opens with discussion on the arrangements for balls, appropriate dress for ladies and gentlemen, and thirteen pages of etiquette. Various dances are described including quadrilles, the waltz, varsoviana, polka and three group dances, "The Spanish Dance," "Tempête," and "Sir Roger de Coverly." The manual concludes...
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
An early example of an antidance treatise, this manual provides a foundation for arguments that continued to the end of the nineteenth century--that dancing is a sin against God. Much of Boiseul's argument is based on biblical examples (chapters and verses are noted in the margins of each page). While acknowledging that dance is mentioned in the Bible, the author is quick to point out that the dances were "joyous and spontaneous" and very different from the seventeenth-century social...
Topics: Authors: J: Jean Boiseul., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: J: Jean Boiseul., Titles: T
This manual is devoted entirely to the art of calling figures for the quadrille. The book provides the figures for quadrilles and gives the appropriate calls.
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. L. H. Elmwell ..., Titles: P
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. L. H. Elmwell ..., Titles: P
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This manual is a good example of the emphasis placed on physical fitness during the early twentieth century and, dancing master Clendenen notes "we have just won the greatest war known in history ... by efficiency, and physical excellence." The manual encourages teachers to instruct children "correct dancing and health movements." Clendenen describes a wide panorama of movement including pantomime and dramatic posture dances, Greek dancing, Hawaiian arm and Italian body...
Topics: Authors: M: Mrs. Clendenen. Intended for amateurs as well as for professional teachers ..., Titles:...
Topics: Authors: M: Mrs. Clendenen. Intended for amateurs as well as for professional teachers ..., Titles:...
Although much of the material in this manual is borrowed from the dance writings of Charles Durang, it remains an important source for the study of mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Unlike other contemporary writers, Ferrero devotes more than eighty pages to the origins of dance and a history of European and Native American dance. The remaining part of the manual concerns ballroom etiquette and descriptions of numerous dances including the quadrille, waltz, polka, schottisch, varsovienne,...
Topics: Authors: E: Edward Ferrero., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: E: Edward Ferrero., Titles: T
Originally published c. 1818, this second edition of 1822 contains an opening three-color-fold-out and nine plates. In this treatise, Wilson analyzes the figures and components of the quadrille--a figured ballroom dance for four couples facing each other, popular throughout the nineteenth century. Divided into two parts, the manual provides suggestions for music and steps, concluding with an alphabetical list of technical terms used in quadrilles. The manual was reissued in 1839.
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Wilson ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Wilson ..., Titles: T
Compiled by a publisher and small enough to fit into a pocket, this manual gives directions for polka quadrilles, mazurka quadrilles, and "The New Redowa," all "as taught by Mr. Durang and daughter." Other dances include a waltz cotillion, gallopade quadrille, and Spanish Dance.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: L
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: L
In part one of this treatise, Bacquoy-Guédon (fl. 1780) presents, a short history of dance as well as arguments in favor of dancing. The focus of this section is devoted to performance of contredanses and minuets. Part two contains eight-bar triple-meter airs for minuets and eight-bar duple-meter airs for contredanses, all composed for a single treble instrument. Additional music is included for a variant of the contredanse called the contredanse allemande (in triple-meter); a marche, and two...
Topics: Authors: M: M. Bacquoy-Guédon ..., Titles: M
Topics: Authors: M: M. Bacquoy-Guédon ..., Titles: M
This antidance treatise is divided into four parts. The first part discusses the physical effects of the dance and the author concludes that habitual dancers are sick more often and women are more prone to "female weaknesses." The second section focuses on the dangers of dance on the mind and concludes that many girls fail in school because they dance too much. In the Third section, the author argues that dance is immoral and "fires the passions of young women." The...
Topics: Authors: D: Dr. R. A. Adams., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: D: Dr. R. A. Adams., Titles: T
This manual is a compilation of previously published materials. The guide begins with a brief description of the necessary arrangements for a ball, appropriate dress for men and women, and ballroom etiquette. The work continues with dances such as the quadrille, waltz, varsoviana, polka, schottisch, "Cellarius Waltz," and dances for larger groups of dancers--"Spanish Dance," "La Tempete," and "Sir Roger de Coverley.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Created for the Esmeralda Club of Saint Louis, this short pamphlet consists of five figures of a waltz quadrille with a brief explanation of each figure.
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. W. W. Florence., Titles: E
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. W. W. Florence., Titles: E
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Eug. Giraudet ... suivi d'un appendice contenant environ 30 danses diverses pour piano.
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This is the seventeenth edition of a popular French manual that was revised into a larger edition in the mid-1880s entitled La danse, la tenue, le maintein... The manual gives a short history of dance, appropriate etiquette, and describes many of the popular ballroom dances such as the waltz, quadrille, and polka. However, the Giraudet includes many curious dances, schottisch polkée sautée, ganlovienne, and a tarentelle for twelve performers, as well as several dances from previous centuries...
Topics: Authors: E: Eug. Giraudet ... suivi d'un appendice contenant environ 30 danses diverses pour...
Topics: Authors: E: Eug. Giraudet ... suivi d'un appendice contenant environ 30 danses diverses pour...
This three-volume work on dance history describes dance from its origins through the court fêtes of Louis XIV. Volume one stresses the importance of studying the theories of all the arts and covers the dance history of numerous ancient civilizations including Greek, Roman, Turkish, and Egyptian. Volume two describes the renaissance of the arts and the origins of ballet to 1610. Volume three focuses on dance in the court of Henri IV and the establishment of French opera. Cahusac borrows heavily...
Topics: Authors: M: m. de Cahusac ..., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: M: m. de Cahusac ..., Titles: L
Although attributed to Italian dancer, choreographer, and writer Carlo Blasis, this manual contains an abridgement of Blasis's writing on the subject of social dance as published in The Code of Terpsichore (1830). The manual's discussion of specific dances is augmented by M. Lemaitre and includes quadrilles, the waltz, polka, schottisch, polka-mazurka, redowa and cotillon.
Topics: Authors: B: Blasis ..., Titles: N
Topics: Authors: B: Blasis ..., Titles: N
This manual is typical of books that were assembled by publishers to be dissminated to a broad mass market. It is a compilation of many treatises covering etiquette, dress and demeanor, and describes the popular ballroom dances of the era--quadrille, waltz, schottisch, and polka.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: B
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: B
Originally published in 1847, the manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is folllowed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltze à trois temps and waltze à deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka quadrille. The manual...
Topics: Authors: L: Lavieille., Titles: L
Topics: Authors: L: Lavieille., Titles: L
This manual is acknowledged by the author to be a compilation of other sources. In its eight chapters, the work covers etiquette, general instructions for feet positions and bows, the quadrille, contra dances ("Spanish Dance," "Sicilian Circle," and "Virginia Reel"), as well as the polka, redowa, York, schottisch, military schottisch, Bohemian, and several waltz variations--modern, hop, five-step, and knickerbocker. The manual concludes with thirty-two figures for...
Topics: Authors: J: Judson Sause ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: J: Judson Sause ..., Titles: T
The first section of this manual is devoted to a history of dance with emphasis on Greek and Roman practices. However, much of this section is borrowed liberally from the writings of late eighteenth-century authors, and, while it illuminates the importance of Greek and Roman influence on the arts of the era, modern dance scholars will find many interpretive and factual errors. Book two is a discourse on what Cassidy considers the practical aspects of dance: steps, music, and deportment. There...
Topics: Authors: J: James P. Cassidy ..., Titles: A
Topics: Authors: J: James P. Cassidy ..., Titles: A
Like other publications of its kind, the book defends the dances of the Greeks and Romans as well as dances mentioned in the Bible on the grounds that they were performed by segregated sexes. With customary western bias, Sartori notes that when Christianity "supplanted Paganism, it found many objectionable practices and customs which it had to eradicate. One was dancing." The author objects both to waltzing, which he claims to be a violation of the Sixth Commandment, and the...
Topics: Authors: R: Rt. Rev. Mgr. Don Luigi Sartori., Titles: M
Topics: Authors: R: Rt. Rev. Mgr. Don Luigi Sartori., Titles: M
In an attempt to inspire his readers who were located far from the United States' urban, eastern cultural centers, Powell notes that dance "has not improved, except in the larger cities." Of primary interest is the author's dance notation, a type of shorthand that he utilized to describe bows, curtsies, and quadrilles.
Topics: Authors: R: R. Powell ..., Titles: P
Topics: Authors: R: R. Powell ..., Titles: P
First published in 1902, the work was suggested by a member of the New York Philo-Celtic Society. The discusion includes music, steps, and instructions for reels, "High Caul Cap, four-hand jig, and Rinnce Fada.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: R
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: R
Like many other nineteenth-century dance manuals, much of the material in The Ball-room monitor is not original but is borrowed from previously published sources. The manual, which would fit into a pocket, contains information on quadrilles (called cotillions by Brooks), waltz, polka, redowa, and schottisch. Additionally, the manual contains numerous variety quadrilles--polka quadrilles, schottisch quadrilles, Polaca quadrilles, Varsoviana quadrilles, and a mazurka quadrille.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: T
Part of a series of pamphlets published by Grant, this work provides preparatory exercises and instructions for steps including the pas de basque, waltz turn, and shuffle. Grant notes that the double sword dance can be performed as a solo or duet.
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. H. N. Grant ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: P: Prof. H. N. Grant ..., Titles: T
Like many European and North American manuals of the nineteenth century, this Australian version is acknowledged by the publisher to be a compilation of other writer's work. To enhance the book's marketability, the author states that many "who have left the colonies for London, Paris, and other continental cities" have admirably acquitted and distinguished themselves. The book describes quadrilles and waltzes as well as dances popular in the 1840s such as the "Cellarius Waltz.
Topics: Authors: :, Titles: R
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The basic premise in this antidance treatise is typical of this genre of dance literature; namely, dance is bad for the health and is a waste of money. The author utilizes a novel approach and uses trees as metaphors to support his arguments. Some trees are "not comely to look upon, but the fruit very good." Other trees have dangerous fruit and the author concludes that samples of the fruit found on the tree of dancing include "pride, lasciviousness, lying, drunkenness,...
Topics: Authors: R: Rev. J. H. Stribling, D.D. ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: R: Rev. J. H. Stribling, D.D. ..., Titles: T
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Troy and Margaret West Kinney.
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This is one of the most valuable dance manuals for the study of social dance practices during the ragtime era. The manual is enhanced by twenty six photographs of several important exhibition dance teams (for example, Irene and Vernon Castle; Maurice and Florence Walden). More than thirty steps are described including the one step, tango, Brazilian maxixe, and the hesitation waltz.
Topics: Authors: T: Troy and Margaret West Kinney., Titles: S
Topics: Authors: T: Troy and Margaret West Kinney., Titles: S
At first glance, Hubbert appears to be presenting both pro and con agruments regarding the suitability of dancing. However, the discussion is weighted toward the common discourse found in this genre of antidance literature. Hubbert argues that although dance was practiced in biblical times, it was performed by and for women. Additionally, he concludes that dance is bad for the health and a waste of time and money.
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Topics: Authors: P: Pastor J. M. Hubbert ..., Titles: D
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In a rapidly growing consumer market for etiquette manuals during the nineteenth century, this is an example of a manual that attempts to reinforce the authority of its contents by suggesting legal foundations in its title as well as the qualifications of its author, in this case "A Gentleman." The straightforward chapters include "Good Breeding," "Dress," "Balls," and "Funerals." Reissued throughout the 1840s, much of the manual is a...
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Caroline Walker; complete instructions for the tango, the Castle walk, the walking Boston, the hesitation waltz, the dream waltz.
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In her introduction, Walker strongly defends the new dance trends of the ragtime era and provides instructions for the tango, Castle Walk, Walking Boston, Hesitation Waltz, and Dream Waltz. A series of photographs and diagrams is included.
Topics: Authors: C: Caroline Walker, Titles: T, Instructions
Topics: Authors: C: Caroline Walker, Titles: T, Instructions
Originally published in 1700, this manual details a dance notation system that indicates the placement of the feet and six basic leg movements: plié, releveé, sauté, cabriole, tombé, and glissé. Changes of body direction and numerous ornamentations of the legs and arms are also part of the system. The system is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance. Additionaly, bar lines in the dance score correspond to bar lines in the music score. Signs written on the right or left...
Topics: Authors: M: Mrs Feuillet et Dezais ..., Titles: C
Topics: Authors: M: Mrs Feuillet et Dezais ..., Titles: C
The publisher of this tiny manual (called a "vest pocket edition") notes that of the many books available to the dancing public, few contain "the good old contra dances of our ancestors." To remedy the situation, the manual gives figures for fifty-six English country dances, group dances consisting of figures performed by a column of men facing a column of women.
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Originally published in 1808 and expanded in 1811 under the title An analysis of country dancing, this edition borrows extensively from earlier editions. As with earlier editions, the figures for English country dances are explained through text, tables, and diagrams. Performed as a series of figures danced by a column of men facing a column of women, the English country dance was one of the most popular early nineteenth-century ballroom dances. This edition contains an extensive discussion on...
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Wilson ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: T: Thomas Wilson ..., Titles: T
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Clog dancing made easy. The elements and practice of that art arranged, simplified and corrected ...
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Henry Tucker.
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This manual contains instructions for twelve steps that, according to the author, can be learned by practicing two hours a day. Libretti and music are provided for four musical comedy sketches that require clog dancing.
Topics: Authors: H: Henry Tucker., Titles: C
Topics: Authors: H: Henry Tucker., Titles: C
This short manual consists of a series of photographs and accompanying text that show the correct positions for dance, for example the placement of the lady's left hand upon the gentleman's right shoulder in waltzing. Several of the photographs also show the incorrect way of holding one's partner.
Topics: Authors: G: G. Hepburn Wilson ..., Titles: A
Topics: Authors: G: G. Hepburn Wilson ..., Titles: A
This unique document contains the prompter's calls for twenty-eight dances. The calls themselves are printed in large type, making them easier to read. No dance instructions are provided.
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Albert W. Newman ... an expert's full directions, with illustrations and diagrams, for learning or teaching the tango, hesitation, one-step, Boston, maxixe and all other modern dances.
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Declaring his book to be the "absolute authorith on modern dancing," Newman describes a large selection of the most popular ragtime dances including the Castle Walk, Castle Glide, one step, horse trot, tango, maxixe, and lame duck. The manual is enhanced with line drawings and photographs and contains music for the "Newman Tango.
Topics: Authors: A: Albert W. Newman ... an expert's full directions, with illustrations and diagrams, for...
Topics: Authors: A: Albert W. Newman ... an expert's full directions, with illustrations and diagrams, for...
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Topics: Authors: M: Mr Isaac, in one vollume., Titles: O
Topics: Authors: M: Mr Isaac, in one vollume., Titles: O
This manual describes a colonial view of the history of dance in the West Indies, focusing on the dance of Creoles. Moreau de Saint-Méry (1750-1819), discusses the effects of slavery and the African roots for such dances as the chica and notes that contredanses and minuets were also performed.
Topics: Authors: M: Moreau de Saint-Méry ..., Titles: D
Topics: Authors: M: Moreau de Saint-Méry ..., Titles: D
Paris, L'auteur, 1709.
Topics: Authors: M: mr. Feuillet ..., Titles: R
Topics: Authors: M: mr. Feuillet ..., Titles: R
London, J. Walsh [etc.] 1711.
Topics: Authors: M: Mr. Pecour ..., Titles: A
Topics: Authors: M: Mr. Pecour ..., Titles: A
Like other nineteenth-century dance manuals, this is a compilation of earlier writings. The book provides a short history of dance, positions of the feet, glossary of French terms, and suggestions for giving balls including an admonishment to have enough waiters at the supper table. Indicating the decade's growing interest in elaborate balls, Radestock suggests one waiter for each two persons. The section on etiquette has been reduced to thirty-three short rules and the manual describes most of...
Topics: Authors: R: Rudolph Radestock ..., Titles: T
Topics: Authors: R: Rudolph Radestock ..., Titles: T
Large portions of this manual on the history of dance are borrowed from other sources including Mme Élise Voiart's Essai sur la danse. The author begins with an examination of Greek and Roman dance and continues through the court dances of Louis XII and Catherine de Médicis. The discussion on French theatrical dance includes mention of two well-known ballerinas, Fanny Elssler and Fanny Cerrito. A wide range of Renaissance and Baroque dances is discussed including the gavotte, pavane,...
Topics: Authors: F: F. Fertiault ..., Titles: H
Topics: Authors: F: F. Fertiault ..., Titles: H
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