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Book/Printed Material 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

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Title

  • 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

Summary

  • Substantiated by quotations from other writers including Pascal, the 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. As with other writers of antidance literature, Phillips notes that, although dance was prevalent during biblical times, only women participated.

Names

  • Phillips, John
  • American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New-York : Printed by T. Kirk ..., 1798.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Religious aspects--Christianity
  • -  Antidance Literature

Notes

  • -  Signatures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴.
  • -  Evans 34373
  • -  ESTC W12088
  • -  LC copy imperfect: one line of text after author's name on t.p. blotted out.
  • -  LAC tnb 2019-07-03 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 39, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1740 .P5
  • Microfilm Music 5000 Item P-030, Reel 153 Microfilm. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, [1983]. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. On reel with other titles.

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  • 05028760

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Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Phillips, John, and American Imprint Collection. 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. New-York: Printed by T. Kirk, 1798. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/05028760/.

APA citation style:

Phillips, J. & American Imprint Collection. (1798) 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. New-York: Printed by T. Kirk. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05028760/.

MLA citation style:

Phillips, John, and American Imprint Collection. 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. New-York: Printed by T. Kirk, 1798. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05028760/>.