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Book/Printed Material Handbook of ball-room dancing,

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Title

  • Handbook of ball-room dancing,

Summary

  • 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 being performed during the late teens.

Names

  • Cree, Aubrey McMahon

Created / Published

  • London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Co., 1920.

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance

Medium

  • 2 p.l., 88 p. diagrs. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .C89

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 20016862

Online Format

  • image

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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.)

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:

Cree, Aubrey Mcmahon. Handbook of Ball-Room Dancing. London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Co, 1920. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/20016862/.

APA citation style:

Cree, A. M. (1920) Handbook of Ball-Room Dancing. London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Co. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/20016862/.

MLA citation style:

Cree, Aubrey Mcmahon. Handbook of Ball-Room Dancing. London, John Lane; New York, John Lane Co, 1920. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/20016862/>.