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Book/Printed Material How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers

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Title

  • How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers

Summary

  • Designed for people who never learned to dance either because of bashfulness or lack of time or money, this manual covers the bare necessities of dress, introductions, and general etiquette. Descriptions are also provided for the quadrille, schottisch, polka redowa, waltz, and several country dances. The manual concludes with rules for the supper room and advice to waltzers.

Created / Published

  • New York, Tousey & Small, 1878.

Headings

  • -  Country dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals

Medium

  • 60 p. 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .H8

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001770

Online Format

  • image

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How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers. New York, Tousey & Small, 1878. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001770/.

APA citation style:

(1878) How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers. New York, Tousey & Small. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001770/.

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How to dance. A complete ball-room and party guide. Containing all the latest figures, together with old-fashioned and contra dances now in general use. Also, a guide to ballroom etiquette, toilets, and general useful information for dancers. New York, Tousey & Small, 1878. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001770/>.