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Book/Printed Material Traité de la danse, contenant la théorie et l'histoire des danses anciennes et modernes. Avec toutes les figures les plus nouvelles du cotillon Traité de la danse et du cotillon

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Title

  • Traité de la danse, contenant la théorie et l'histoire des danses anciennes et modernes. Avec toutes les figures les plus nouvelles du cotillon

Other Title

  • Traité de la danse et du cotillon

Summary

  • Desrat begins his work with a description of dances that were still in vogue at the turn of the century: Boston waltz, cake walk, Berlin, pas de patineurs, and Washington-Post (a two step). A history of ancient dance follows. The discussion begins with Greek and Roman origins, followed by a discussion of "modern dances," which Desrat describes as pavane, gavotte, branle, and the minuet. Much of Desrat's historical text is borrowed heavily from previously published sources including Élise Voirat's 1823 Essai sur la danse antique et moderne.

Names

  • Desrat, G.

Created / Published

  • Paris, H. Delarue et cie [190-?]

Headings

  • -  Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance--History
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals

Medium

  • 1 p.l., 206 p. illus. 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1593 .D5

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 10030389

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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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.)

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Chicago citation style:

Desrat, G. Traité de la danse, contenant la théorie et l'histoire des danses anciennes et modernes. Avec toutes les figures les plus nouvelles du cotillon. [Paris, H. Delarue et cie 190-?, 1900] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/10030389/.

APA citation style:

Desrat, G. (1900) Traité de la danse, contenant la théorie et l'histoire des danses anciennes et modernes. Avec toutes les figures les plus nouvelles du cotillon. [Paris, H. Delarue et cie 190-?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/10030389/.

MLA citation style:

Desrat, G. Traité de la danse, contenant la théorie et l'histoire des danses anciennes et modernes. Avec toutes les figures les plus nouvelles du cotillon. [Paris, H. Delarue et cie 190-?, 1900] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/10030389/>.