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Book/Printed MaterialThe code of Terpsichore : the art of dancing, comprising its theory and practice, and a history of its rise and progress, from the earliest times
Art of dancing This is one of several books written by Italian dancer, choreographer, and writer Blasis (1803-1878). It covers the history and theory of dance, pantomime, the composition of ballets, and contains a section devoted to social dances entitled "private dancing."- Contributor: Blasis, Carlo - Barton, R.
- Date: 1830
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Book/Printed MaterialOrchesography; or, The art of dancing by characters and demonstrative figures. Wherein the whole art is explain'd; with compleat tables of all steps us'd in dancing, and rules for the motions of ...
Art of dancing by characters and demonstrative figures | Art of dancing | Orchesography Originally published in Paris by Raoul-Auger Feuillet under the title Chorégraphie ... (1700), this translation by English dancing master and theoretician John Weaver is dedicated to famed choreographer, Mr. Issac. The manual details a dance notation system that indicates placement of the feet and basic leg movements. Changes of body direction and numerous ornamentations of the legs and arms are also part of the...- Contributor: Isaac - Weaver, John - Feuillet, Raoul-Auger
- Date: 1715
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Book/Printed MaterialThe gentleman & lady's companion : containing the newest cotillions and country dances, to which is added, instances of ill manners, to be carefully avoided by youth of both sexes
Gentleman and lady's companion The etiquette section of this manual anticipates many nineteenth-century concerns regarding decorum and bodily control, and some of the ill manners described include "swinging the arms, and all other awkward gestures" and "leaning on the shoulder, or chair of another person." The manual provides nine figures for the cotillon, a precursor to the quadrille consisting of a series of figures known as changes that...- Contributor: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1798
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Book/Printed MaterialElements and principles of the art of dancing, as used in the polite and fashionable circles: also rules of deportment and descriptions of manners of civility, appertaining to that art: from the ... A translation of Gourdoux-Daux's Principes de la danse (Paris, 1804 and 1811), this manual is important for its description of steps and step sequences appropriate in the performance of the popular ballroom dance, the quadrille (called cotilion 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...
- Contributor: J. H. G. (J. H. Gourdoux-Daux)
- Date: 1817
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Book/Printed MaterialThe dancing-master: or, The art of dancing explained. Wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... The ...
Dancing-master | Art of dancing explained This is a translation of one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance--Pierre Rameau's 1725 Le maître a danser. Translated by English dancer and writer John Essex (c. 1680-1744), part one of the text and accompanying full-page plates carefully focus on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and describe a large vocabulary of steps. Part...- Contributor: Essex, John - Rameau, Pierre - Printed and Sold by Him, and J. Brotherton
- Date: 1728-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialThe royal ball-room guide and etiquette of the drawing-room, containing the newest and most elegant dances and a short history of dancing
Royal ball-room guide 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, a 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...- Contributor: Radestock, Rudolph
- Date: 1877
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Book/Printed MaterialAsa Willcox's book of figures, 1793; multigraphed from a manuscript in the possession of the Newberry Library
Book of figures Based on an original manuscript published in 1793 and located in Chicago's Newberry Library, this modern version notes that the "spelling, capitalization, punctuation and underlining of the original have been scrupulosly followed, occasionally at the expense of clearness" (pg. ii). The manuscript contains one- or two-sentence descriptions of figures for thirty-eight country dances (dances that consisted of a series of figures and danced by...- Contributor: Newberry Library - Willcox, ASA
- Date: 1918
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Book/Printed MaterialSketches relative to the history and theory, but more especially to the practice of dancing ... Intended as hints to the young teachers of the art of dancing
Sketches relative to the art of dancing 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...- Contributor: Peacock, Francis
- Date: 1805
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Book/Printed MaterialRinnce na h-Éireann : a simplified work on the performance of the dances of Ireland
Rinnce na Éireann | Rinnce na hÉireann 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."- Contributor: Gaelic League of the State of New York
- Date: 1907
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Book/Printed MaterialMasquerades, 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").
- Contributor: Butterick Publishing Company
- Date: 1906
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Book/Printed MaterialThe ball-room guide. With coloured plates
Added t.-p. (illustrated in colors): Ball-room companion 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...- Contributor: Miniature Book Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1866
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Book/Printed MaterialModern dancing Written by one of the most famous exhibition ballroom teams of the century, the manual covers a large variety of dances popular during the ragtime era, including the tango, one step, hesitation waltz, and maxixe. A large portion of the book is devoted to grace and etiquette, appropriate dance dresses for women, and music. Many photographs of the famous couple enhance the manual.
- Contributor: Castle, Vernon - Castle, Irene
- Date: 1914
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Book/Printed MaterialBall-room dancing without a master, and complete guide to the etiquette, toilet, dress and management of the ball-room; with all the principal dances in popular use
Dancing without a master | Ball-room dancing without a master This manual suggests that anyone can learn to dance without the aid of a teacher. After providing a short discussion on organizing balls, appropriate dress, and etiquette, the book focuses on the popular ballroom dances of the era--quadrilles, polka, schottisch, polka mazurka, and varsoviana. This "do it yourself" mentality was common during the late nineteenth century. This particular dance manual was reissued in 1876...- Date: 1872
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Book/Printed MaterialBeadle's dime ball-room companion and guide to dancing. Comprising rules of etiquette, hints on private parties, toilettes for the ball-room, etc. Also, a synopsis of round and square dances, dictionary of French ...
Ball-room companion | Dime ball-room companion | Dime ball-room companion and guide to dancing This manual is typical of books that were assembled by publishers to be disseminated 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.- Date: 1868
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Book/Printed MaterialBrookes 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 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...
- Contributor: Brookes, L. De G. (Laurence De Garmo)
- Date: 1867
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Book/Printed MaterialThe ball-room monitor, or, Guide to the learner; containing the most complete sets of quadrilles ever published
Ball-room monitor 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.- Contributor: Brooks, C.
- Date: 1866
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Book/Printed MaterialA treatise on the elements of dancing
Elements of dancing 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...- Contributor: Sichore, T. Erp
- Date: 1891
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Book/Printed MaterialJ.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 ...
Universal dancing master, prompter's call book and violinist's guide | Prompter's call book 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...- Contributor: Carpenter, Lucien O.
- Date: 1882
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Book/Printed MaterialCartier and Baron's practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book. Giving ample directions for dancing every kind of square and round dances, together with cotillons -- including the newest ...
Practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book | Practical waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book The author of this manual claims that many books on dance lack simple explanations; this work is advertised as an answer to that criticism. The author has dispensed with "all unnecessary verbiage and figures of speech" in describing round dances and figures for the German (also know as the cotillon). Nearly half the book is devoted to quadrilles and calls for the prompter.- Contributor: Baron (Samuel) - Cartier
- Date: 1879
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Book/Printed MaterialCartier's practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book. Giving ample directions for dancing every kind of square and round dances, together with cotillons--including the newest and most popular figures ...
Practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book | Waltz instructor and ball room guide | Professor Cartier's practical illustrated waltz instructor, ball room guide, and call book This is a compilation of previously published materials on the subject of nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Some of the dance descriptions represent popular favorites from past decades, such as the polka and schottisch. There are also descriptions of dances that were popular during the 1880s, including the Newport, racquet, and society waltz.- Contributor: Cartier
- Date: 1882
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Book/Printed MaterialThe drawing-room dances 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...
- Contributor: Cellarius, Henri
- Date: 1847
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Book/Printed MaterialDancing made easy, This is an expanded version of Coll's book that was originally published c. 1919. Beginning with an account of dance history ranging from the ancient Greeks to late nineteenth-century dance, Coll declares that some of "most up to the minute dances" include the Carter Waltz and the Schottisch Espagnole. The author also discusses foxtrot variations and the Virginia Reel, and provides some cotillon figures...
- Contributor: Coll, Charles J. - Rosiere, Gabrielle
- Date: 1922
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Book/Printed MaterialCoulon's hand-book; containing all the last new and fashionable dances This third edition of Coulon's manual describes dances popular during the 1840s. Typical of many nineteenth-century ballroom manuals, much of the material is borrowed from other contemporary sources. It is not known whether or not famed French dancing master Eugène Coulon contributed to the work. Small enough to fit into a pocket, the manual begins with a discussion of the polka and includes directions...
- Contributor: Coulon
- Date: 1860
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Book/Printed MaterialCoulon's hand-book; containing all the last new and fashionable dances, and also some important remarks on dancing & deportment
Coulon's hand book of dancing | Hand book of dancing This is an expanded version of a manual published under the same title in 1866. It is not known whether or not famed Paris dancing master Coulon actually participated in the assembly of this manual. Most of the manual is a compilation from earlier sources. Demonstrating a growing late nineteenth-century interest in physical education, this new version adds a series of exercises to be...- Contributor: Coulon
- Date: 1873
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Book/Printed MaterialHandbook of ball-room dancing, This manual is designed as a self-teacher for those who cannot or, according to the author, are unwilling to attend dance classes. Additionally, Cree declares the most popular dances to be the Lame Duck Valse, valse, one step, foxtrot, and lancers. Although he includes instructions for a Three Step or Straight Jazz, and a Tango Valse, the manual does not reflect dances that were...
- Contributor: Cree, Aubrey McMahon
- Date: 1920
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