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Book/Printed Material Dancing and prompting, etiquette and deportment of society and ball room

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Title

  • Dancing and prompting, etiquette and deportment of society and ball room

Summary

  • Assembled by Professor Bonstein (pseudonym for Charles A. White) from the writings of others, this manual begins with advice to parents regarding children: "Send them to dancing school and save many a doctor's bill." The etiquette section in this manual is reduced to a section simply called "hints." The author provides advice to prompters and rules for calling quadrilles. Of the many popular ballroom dances performed in the ballroom, only the quadrille, German (also known as the cotillon), and contra dances are discussed.

Names

  • Bonstein (Professor)

Created / Published

  • Boston, White, Smith & Co. [c1884]

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Etiquette
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Prompting Quadrilles

Medium

  • 48 p. 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .W58

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001776

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bonstein. Dancing and Prompting, Etiquette and Deportment of Society and Ball Room. [Boston, White, Smith & Co, 1884] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001776/.

APA citation style:

Bonstein. (1884) Dancing and Prompting, Etiquette and Deportment of Society and Ball Room. [Boston, White, Smith & Co] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001776/.

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Bonstein. Dancing and Prompting, Etiquette and Deportment of Society and Ball Room. [Boston, White, Smith & Co, 1884] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001776/>.