![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | An appeal to all Christians, especially the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, against the practice of social dancing. - Rev. John G. Jones ... This tract against the practice of social dancing is based on a series of articles written by Jones in 1852. Jones notes alarm because dance is gaining favor with the public. Two of his arguments are common in this genre of literature. First, he claims that dance is an unhealthy exercise. Second, he claims that dance in the Bible is exempted from criticism because it was interpreted as being performed only by women... Keywords: Authors: R: Rev. John G. Jones ; Titles: A Downloads: 96 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Social dancing inconsistent with a Christian profession and baptismal vows: a sermon, preached in the Presbyterian church, Columbia, S.C., June 17, 1849, - B. M. Palmer ... 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 passions," ther... Keywords: Authors: B: B. M. Palmer ; Titles: S Downloads: 121 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Le cotillon et les quadrilles actuels; traité théorique et pratique, - F. Paul ... 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. Keywords: Authors: F: F. Paul ; Titles: L Downloads: 156 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | There is no harm in dancing, by W. E. Penn, with an introduction - Rev. J. H. Stribling, D.D. ... 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, embezzlement, fornication... Keywords: Authors: R: Rev. J. H. Stribling, D.D. ; Titles: T Downloads: 102 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A discourse on dancing, delivered in the Central Presbyterian church, Cincinnati. - N. L. Rice. This book is typical of mid-nineteenth century antidance works. While many writers noted that the Bible contains numerous references to dance, Rice (1807-1877) points out that, in a biblical context, dance was utilized as a part of worship, performed exclusively by women dancing with each other. (The dangers of contact between the sexes while dancing were a common theme in antidance literature.) The second point, also common in antidance books, centered on the notion that dancing was bad for the... Keywords: Authors: N: N. L. Rice; Titles: A Downloads: 88 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Essai sur la danse antique et moderne ... - Mme Élise Voiart. All of Mme. Voiart's manual is devoted to the history of dance. Quoting heavily from many previously published materials, including a number of travelogues, this book discusses the origins of dance and devotes a chapter each to Greek and Roman dance. The second part of the book discusses transition to what the author terms "modern dance," in this case the court dances of France. In examining the dances of the French Baroque court, Mme... Keywords: Authors: M: Mme É lise Voiart; Titles: E Downloads: 370 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A treatise on the use and peculiar advantages of dancing and exercises, considered as a means of refinement and physical development ... - Francis Mason. In this book dancing master Mason attempts to make a case for the advantages of dancing and traces the development of dance from ancient times. As part of his argument, Mason often distinguishes between the dance of civilized and uncivilized peoples. His bias is clear in the following: "Man in a civilized state generally turns the feet outwards, as in an uncivilized state they are invariably turned inwards" (p... Keywords: Authors: F: Francis Mason; Titles: A Downloads: 56 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Leitfaden für den tanz- & körperbildungs-unterricht mit anleitungen über den gesellschaftlichen verkehr. 14 tafeln mit 118 figürlichen und choregraphischen darstellungen. - J. R. Bosshardt-Strübi ... This manual opens with a brief history of dance and continues with descriptions of feet positions, and figures for quadrilles and "La Polonaise" (also known as the grand march). Round dances such as schottisch, waltz, and polka are also included. The manual is enhanced by fourteen full-page illustrations. Keywords: Authors: J: J. R. Bosshardt-Strü bi ; Titles: L Downloads: 200 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Familiar dialogues on dancing, between a minister and a dancer; taken from matter of fact with an appendix containing some extracts from the writings of pious and eminent men against the entertainments of the stage, and other vain amusements ... - John Phillips ... Substantiated by quotations from other writers including Pascall, Prince of Conti, Chief Justice Hale, and Archbishop Tillotson, Phillips declares dance to be a vain and idle amusement. While he acknowledges that many people assume the study of dance teaches good carriage and a "graceful and easy way of moving our limbs," he notes that Quakers, "who hold dancing in abomination," manage to display good carriage without benefit of dance instruction... Keywords: Authors: J: John Phillips ; Titles: F Downloads: 96 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | A Solemn warning to dancers. New York : N. Bangs and J. Emory for the Tract Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, [between 1824 and 1832] Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: A Downloads: 135 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | De la danse. - Moreau de Saint-Méry ... 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. Keywords: Authors: M: Moreau de Saint-Mé ry ; Titles: D Downloads: 146 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Constitution of the Va. Polytechnic Institute German Club. This revised constitution lists the objectives of a club organized to hold dances that consisted solely of the German, a popular parlor game wherein the participants performed a series of party games to music. The constitution lists the duties of the officers and standing committees, which included committees for refreshments, invitations, reception, and music. Part of the constitution noted that "no member of the Club shall drink any intoxicating liquor within twenty-four hours immediately prec... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: C Downloads: 75 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Die modernen Tänze, von msgr. don Luigi Sartori. Frei übersetzt und verändert - p. Vigilius H. Krull, C. PP. S. Collegeville, Ind., St. Josephs buchdruckerei, 1910. Keywords: Authors: P: p. Vigilius H. Krull, C. PP. S; Titles: D Downloads: 41 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Guide du bon danseur, - le professeur B.-G. Bottallo ... Paris [Imp. Jouve & cie] 1912. Keywords: Authors: L: le professeur B.-G. Bottallo ; Titles: G Downloads: 129 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The social dance, - Dr. R. A. Adams. 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 concluding section is devoted... Keywords: Authors: D: Dr. R. A. Adams; Titles: T Downloads: 200 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Quelques mots sur les danses modernes, - le vte de B. Saint-Laurent ... This is a fourth edition of a book that acknowledges other antidance tracts including Boullay's Réforme de las danse des salons; Gustave Louis's Physiologie de l'opinion, and La Chrétienne de nos jours by l'Abbé Bautain. The author notes, with some disdain, that the waltz was introduced into France "par les impures du Directoire" (p. 8). The polka also receives criticism. Keywords: Authors: L: le vte de B. Saint-Laurent ; Titles: Q Downloads: 116 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | May Christians dance? - Jas. H. Brookes. This is a typical example of the antidance literature that was published during the nineteenth century. Although Brookes provides a weak defense of dancing, his final conclusion is that the large assemblies, indelicate dressing, "unwarrantable freedom of intercourse between the sexes," as well as uncontrolled excitement, leads to a thorough worldliness and, ultimately, to the forgetfulness of God. The manual was reissued in the 1890s under the title The modern dance. Keywords: Authors: J: Jas. H. Brookes; Titles: M Downloads: 128 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | [Contredanses; description des figures, plan des figures] This is a bound collection of over eighty-five late eighteenth-century contredanses and contredanse variants such as contredanse francaise; contredanse allemande; and contredanse anglaise, each choreographed by well-known dancing masters and dancers including Philip Desnoyers, Marie Allard, Landrin, and Denis. Each contredanse consists of a title page, a page for description of the figures, another for the floor plan, and a fourth page for the music... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: [ Downloads: 82 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Immorality of modern dances, ed. - Beryl and associates ... This antidance work is typical of the genre of dance writing that has its roots in published works reaching far back into the Renaissance. Three arguments are raised: (1) although dance is acknowledged to have been practiced during biblical times, it was always performed by and for women solely; (2) dancing is considered bad for the health and, (3) dance is a waste of time. The editors of this manual single out round dances, specifically waltzes, as immoral... Keywords: Authors: B: Beryl and associates ; Titles: I Downloads: 164 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Receuil danglaise : arrangees avec leurs traits telle quel se danse ché la Reine / mis au jour - M[onsieu]r Landrin, m[ai]tre de danse ét compositeur des Traits des contre-danse. This is a collection of nine English country dances with directions for the figures and appropriate music for a treble insturment. The English country dance was imported into France during the early eighteenth-century Keywords: Authors: M: M[onsieu]r Landrin, m[ai]tre de danse é t compositeur des Traits des contre-danse; Titles: R Downloads: 81 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Manuel du cotillon. This late nineteenth-century manual is devoted to description of the popular parlor game, the German (also known as the cotillon). Every page of the manual has an advertisement for Au Paradis des Enfants in Paris, a shop that sold party accessories for the cotillon, including tambourines for the leader, ball cards, hair ornaments, decorations, roulette wheels, and paper lanterns. Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: M Downloads: 232 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Schriftsmässige beantwortung der frage: Was von dem weltüblichen tanzen und spielen zu halten sey und ob es nicht mit zur christlichen freyheit gehöre? als ein anhang zu den betrachtungen von der freyheit der gläubigen vom gesetz auf v - Bogatzky. This manual is an early German example of the literature against the practice of dancing. In this case, Bogatzky (1690-1774) compares gambling with dancing, and asks the reader to consider these practices in the context of Scripture, especially the Ten Commandments. Keywords: Authors: B: Bogatzky; Titles: S Downloads: 58 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | La danse. Comment on dansait, comment on danse. Technique de Mme Berthe Bernay ... notation musicale de MM. Francis Casadesus et Jules Maugué. Illustrations de M. Valvérane. This manual is an extensive history of dance that incorporates many countries, cultures, and periods including Chinese, Hindu, Egyptian, Greek, ancient Gaul, European Renaissance, and Baroque. The manual also covers popular culture, peasant dance, and "foreign dance." The perspective of this manual is clearly nineteenth century, with little emphasis on historical fact. The point of view is clearly western, and this is evident in the music examples that accompany almost every country or culture's... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: L Downloads: 867 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The dance, ancient and modern / translated from the French - Arabella E. Moore. Translated from French by Arabella E. Moore, this is an example of the growing body of historiographical texts that began to appear in the late 1890s into the turn of the twentieth century. The work borrows heavily from previously published materials for sections on primitive and ancient dances. As with other authors of this era, "modern dances" are considered to be pavane, gavot, rigodon, and minuet... Keywords: Authors: A: Arabella E. Moore; Titles: T Downloads: 225 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The modern dance and what shall take its place. This manual consists of a sermon presented at Saint Luke's Lutheran Church, on 13 February 1921 in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania. This antidance work argues that dance is injurious to the health, is usually accompanied by drinking alcohol, and forces young men to stray from serious reflection and prayer. Typical of this genre of literature, the book contains testimonials from numerous denominations including the Roman Catholic Church, Episcopal Church, Baptist Church, Presbyterian Church, and the Me... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 187 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The lure of the dance, - T. A. Faulkner ... This is the second antidance treatise published by ex-dancing master Faulkner, which he suggests was needed "because the dance craze has developed with such incredible rapidity." This book consists of large sections taken from his earlier book, From the ballroom to hell. Much of Faulkner's diatribe consists of testimonials against women, whom he feels need to be protected from dancing, "one of the most irresistible and dangerous attractions. Keywords: Authors: T: T. A. Faulkner ; Titles: T Downloads: 144 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Histoire anecdotique et pittoresque de la danse chez les peuples anciens et modernes ... - F. Fertiault ... 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, sarabande... Keywords: Authors: F: F. Fertiault ; Titles: H Downloads: 214 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Dancing as a Christian amusement. - the Rev. George C. Heckmann[!] ... This antidance treatise presents three of the central arguments for this genre of literature. First, dance is injurious to the health; second, dance is a waste of time and money. The third argument recognizes that dance is mentioned in the Bible; however, the author claims that only women danced and solely for religious purposes. Keywords: Authors: T: the Rev. George C. Heckmann[!] ; Titles: D Downloads: 135 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Le maître a danser. Qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de danse dans toute la régularité de l'art, & de conduire les bras à chaque pas ... - le sieur Rameau ... Originally published in 1725 and reissued in 1734 and 1748 by French dancing master and writer Pierre Rameau (1674-1748), this is one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance technique. Part one of the text (with accompanying full-page plates) carefully describes the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, bows, and a large vocabulary of steps... Keywords: Authors: L: le sieur Rameau ; Titles: L Downloads: 84 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The dance of modern society. - W. C. Wilkinson. 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 summarizes, dancing does n... Keywords: Authors: W: W. C. Wilkinson; Titles: T Downloads: 221 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Public dance halls, their regulation and place in the recreation of adolescents, - Ella Gardner ... This pamphlet discusses the legislative regulation of public dance halls in twenty-eight states. Some of the regulations undertaken by the states include restrictions on attendance, hours of operation, supervision, and regulation of the physical and social conditions of the hall. The author also discusses some of the regulations and ordinances of 100 cities including one from Lincoln, Nebraska that required patrons to keep their bodies at least six inches apart. Keywords: Authors: E: Ella Gardner ; Titles: P Downloads: 303 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | An essay on dancing / - J. Townley Crane. New York : Nelson & Phillips, [1849] Keywords: Authors: J: J. Townley Crane; Titles: A Downloads: 51 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The german. How to give it. How to lead it. How to dance it. - two amateur leaders. This manual, which is devoted entirely to performance of the popular parlor game, describes the duties of the hostess ("remove all unnecessary furniture"), appropriate music, refreshments, and choosing a leader. Also included is a section on etiquette for guests participating in the German (also known as the cotillon). More than forty figures are described. Keywords: Authors: T: two amateur leaders; Titles: T Downloads: 86 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The princess : Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majestys birth day ; engraven in characters & figures for the use of masters. This ballroom dance for one couple, preserved in Feuillet notation, was choreographed by English dancing master Mr. Isaac (c. 1640-c.1720) to music composed by James Paisible (died 1721). A triple meter dance of nine couplets, the meter changes to 6/4 at the commencement of the fifth couplet. The dance notation system, first published by dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (1659 or 1660-1710), is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 104 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The royall : Mr. Isaac's new dance made for Her Majesty's birth day ... This ballroom dance for one couple, preserved in Feuillet notation, was choreographed by English dancing master Mr. Isaac (c. 1640-c.1720) to music composed by James Paisible (died 1721). The eleven couplet dance begins in triple meter and changes to a hornpipe on the fifth couplet. The dance notation system, first published by dancing master Raoul-Auger Feuillet (1659 or 1660-1710), is based on tract drawings that trace the pattern of the dance... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 78 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The dancer's guide and ball-room companion. 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. Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 197 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Illustrated portfolio of artistic dancing / - Mrs. H.A. Foreman. This is a book of twelve photographs showing Mrs. Foreman's dance students in a variety of dance poses including "The Persian Vestal Dance," "The Minuet," "Society Skirt Dance," "Butterfly Skirt Dance," "The Cacucha," and "Scarf Dance. Keywords: Authors: M: Mrs. H.A. Foreman; Titles: I Downloads: 216 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The ball-room manual of contra dances and social cotillons, with remarks on quadrilles and Spanish dance. 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. Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 273 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Assistant for A. Dodworth's pupils. 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 describes appropriate manners and etiquette. Dances include the quadrille and the popular parlor game known as the German as well as a section on how to dance the "Boston," a waltz variation... Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: A Downloads: 95 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Assistant for A. Dodworth's pupils. 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. Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: A Downloads: 141 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Nouveau manuel complet de la danse; ou, Traité théorique et pratique de cet art depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours, - Blasis ... 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. Keywords: Authors: B: Blasis ; Titles: N Downloads: 206 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Brookes on modern dancing, containing a full description of all dances, as practised in the ball room and at private parties, together with an essay on etiquette. - L. De G. Brookes. 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. Keywords: Authors: L: L. De G. Brookes; Titles: B Downloads: 208 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The ball-room monitor; or, Guide to the learner; containing the most complete sets of quadrilles ever published. 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. Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: T Downloads: 97 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Dance halls. Ordinances governing the conduct of public dances and dance halls, city of Buffalo. Issued - the Common Council. Daniel J. Sweeney, city clerk ... Issued from the Buffalo, New York, City Clerk's office on 14 December 1914, the ordinance defines requirements for a public dance hall, including license fees, security, alcohol prohibitions, and hours of operation. Keywords: Authors: T: the Common Council. Daniel J. Sweeney, city clerk ; Titles: D Downloads: 122 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Masquerades, tableaux and drills ... 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"). Keywords: Authors: :; Titles: M Downloads: 169 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | J.W. Pepper's universal dancing master, prompter's call book and violinist's guide : containing a description of all the figures and full explanation of the different steps used in dancing, together with the music of all the principal dances, arranged for - Lucien O. Carpenter. This manual is a compilation of previously published materials and its contents are typical of similar books published during the 1880s. The standard etiquette for balls has been reduced to simple rules; for example, "A lady should not attend a public ball without an escort." The manual continues with a discussion of the quadrille and round dances, including the waltz, Boston dip, Berlin, and polka... Keywords: Authors: L: Lucien O. Carpenter; Titles: J Downloads: 77 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | The drawing-room dances. - Cellarius. 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 quadri... Keywords: Authors: C: Cellarius; Titles: T Downloads: 144 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | La danse des salons / par Cellarius ; dessins de Gavarni ; gravés - Lavieille. 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... Keywords: Authors: L: Lavieille; Titles: L Downloads: 216 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Clendenen's treatise on elementary and classical dancing ... - F. Leslie Clendenen ... 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," "Twentieth-Century Skirt Dance," ... Keywords: Authors: F: F. Leslie Clendenen ; Titles: C Downloads: 157 |  |
![[texts]](/images/mediatype_texts.gif) | Dancing at home and abroad. - C. H. Cleveland, jr. Cleveland's manual opens with an interesting account of the building blocks required for setting up a successful private dancing academy. He includes discussion on the architectural requirements, music, progress of students, hours and division of classes, dealing with children, and how to manage balls. The second part of the manual covers "fashionable dances," and the author describes quadrilles, the "Boston Waltz," and twenty-nine figures for the German (also known as cotillon), a group dance c... Keywords: Authors: C: C. H. Cleveland, jr; Titles: D Downloads: 119 |  |
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