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Book/Printed MaterialBalli di ieri e balli d'oggi
Balli d'oggi | Balli di ieri This manual utilizes line drawings, foot patterns, and photographs to describe numerous dances. Part one includes the waltz, polka mazurka, cotillion figures, quadrilles and two step. The costumes on the figures of the line drawings indicate the directions date from the 1890s. Originally published in 1905, part two of this second edition includes dances popular during the ragtime era (c.1910 to World War I)....- Contributor: Gavina, P. - Franceschini, Giovanni - Giovannini, Fr
- Date: 1922
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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 MaterialPotpourri françois des contre-danse ancienne tel quil se danse chez la Reine
Potpourri françois de contre danse ancienne tel qu'il se danse chez la Reine This is a collection of twelve contredanses, figure-dances performed by four couples and popular during the last half of the eighteenth century. Unlike other published accounts that describe a single figure for each dance, all the dances in this collection contain a series of figures, demonstrating a closer relationship with nineteenth-century quadrilles. Although this collection contains no floor patterns, the figures for each dance...- Contributor: Landrin
- Date: 1760
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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 MaterialMéthode pour exercer l'oreille a la mesure, dans l'art de la danse 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...
- Contributor: Chez Valade, Libraire - Bacquoy-Guédon, Alexis
- Date: 1785-01-01
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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 MaterialNouveau manuel complet de la danse; ou, Traité théorique et pratique de cet art depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours,
Encyclopédie-Roret, Danse 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.- Contributor: Gardel, Pierre - Blasis, Carlo - Vergnaud, Paul - Lemaître
- Date: 1866
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Book/Printed MaterialLeitfaden für den Tanz- & Körperbildungs-Unterricht, mit Anleitungen über den gesellschaftlichen Verkehr. 14 Tafeln mit 118 figürlichen und choregraphischen Darstellungen 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.
- Contributor: Bosshardt-Strübi, J. R.
- Date: 1897
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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 MaterialLa danse des salons 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...
- Contributor: Cellarius, Henri - John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1849
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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 MaterialMetodicheskoe rukovodstvo kʺ obuchenīi︠u︡ tant︠s︡amʺ vʺ sredne-uchebnykhʺ zavedenīi︠a︡khʺ : sʺ prilozhenīemʺ rukovodstva dli︠a︡ dirizherovʺ sʺ 157-i︠u︡ figurami dli︠a︡ kadrili︠a︡, mazurki, valʹsa, polʹki i kotilʹona : posobīe dli︠a︡ uchiteleĭ tant︠s︡evʺ vʺ kadetskikhʺ korpusakhʺ
Методическое руководство къ обученію танцамъ въ средне-учебныхъ заведеніяхъ : съ приложеніемъ руководства для дирижеровъ съ 157-ю фигурами для кадриля, мазурки, вальса, польки и котильона : пособіе для учителей танцевъ въ кадетскихъ корпусахъ / This is an important Russian manual describing social dance practices including descriptions of the basic movements and positions used in ballroom dance and various dance types including the polka, waltz, and mazurka. The book incorporates a discussion of dance instruction in athletic programs and for young men in military academies. Numerous photographs enhance the manual.- Contributor: Chisti︠a︡kov, A. D. (Aleksandr Dmitrīevich) - Yudin Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 1893
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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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