Book/Printed Material Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances

Image 1 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances COULON'S HAND-BOOK; CONTAINING ALL THE LAST NEW AND FASHIONABLE DANCES. Dedicated to his pupils, BY COULON, EX-MAITRE DE DANSE TO THE ROYAL FAMILY OF HOLLAND, THE DUKE OF SAXE WEIMER, AND PATRONISED...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 2 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances W. OSTELL, PRINTER, HART STREET, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE.
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 3 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances v CONTENTS. PART I. PAGE Preface vii The Polka 1 Rules of the Polka 2 Steps of the Polka 2 Remarks on the New Cotillon 5 Roules of the Cotillon 6 Figures...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 4 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances vi The Star 23 The Cards 25 The Double Moulinet 25 The Deceived Lady 26 The Quadrille 27 The Two Chairs 29 The Rounds Multiplied 30 The Lancers 33 The Three Chairs...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 5 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances vii Sir Roger de Coverley 76 Gallopade 77 Spanish Dance 79 Remarks on the Valse á Deux Tenps 80 Description of the Valse á Deux Temps 81 Scotch Reel 82 La Boulangère...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 6 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances ix PREFACE. A few particulars respecting the distinguished artist to whom we are indebted for this little book, will be perhaps not without interest to many of our readers. His father, Jean...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 7 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances x professors visiting Paris for the purpose of benefitting by the talent of this great master. Jean François, the father, died in the year 1836, leaving two sons. The elder of these,...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 8 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances xi obliged him, though reluctantly, to relinquish this higher and more interesting branch of his art, for the loss arduous but perhaps not less useful one, of practical private teacher. Upon this...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 9 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances xii some families of the highest rank in England, it was not long before Eugene Coulon had obtained a firm footing in our great metropolis. His judicious introduction of the Polka, and...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 10 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 1 COULON'S HAND-BOOK. THE POLKA. “What can be said about the Polka that has not already been said?” will be the probable exclamation of many under whose eyes this little Guide may...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 11 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 2 gestures that characterized it, on its first appearance in France and England, have been abolished; the promenade by hand, and changing arms, the heel and toe, or double step, all these,...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 12 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 3 proceed, the Polka step and position may be preserved in making a kind of balancé or set. It is the part of the gentleman to guide the lady, and a good...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 13 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 4 for the third step he makes jetté before with the left foot, and finishes with the right foot up, a little behind. Then, without stopping, he bends on the left foot,...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 14 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 5 THE NEW COTILLON.* Introduced into London by Coulon in the year 1844 (note of the publisher). The Cotillon is a dance that was known upwards of fifty years ago. It was...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 15 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 6 RULES FOR THE COTILLON.* Explanation of the signs:—Gentleman • Lady ○ Give hands…Figures— The Cotillon may be danced with the step of either the Waltz, the Polka, the Mazurka, or the...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 16 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 7 Each gentleman places his partner on his right hand. There is no rule that any particular figure shall be danced, nor is it intended that the figures here explained shall be...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 17 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 8 their constant variety enables each gentleman to dance with almost every lady. The first couple start with the Polka or Valse, and they are immediately followed by all the other couples....
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 18 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 9 FIRST FIGURE. The leader selects two ladies, and his partner selects two gentlemen thus: They advance, and each gentleman takes the lady opposite to him, and dances one or two rounds...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 19 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 10 The three gentlemen then select three other gentlemen and holding each others hands pass in zigzag form between the ladies; when on a signal given by the leader, each gentleman takes...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 20 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 11 THE GREAT ROUND AND PASS UNDER. The first three couples dance one or two rounds of the Polka or Waltz, after which each lady selects a gentleman from among those seated,...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 21 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 12 They dance in a circle once round to the left, when the leaner breaks the circle, and falling backwards, they form a line, still holding hands thus: The gentlemen then raise...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 22 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 13 THE CUSHION. The first lady presents a cushion to a gentleman thus: On which he is to kneel. If she wishes to dance with him, she allows him to kneel, but...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 23 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 14 THE ROUND. The first three couples begin with the Polka or Valse. After two or three rounds each gentleman takes another gentleman, and each lady takes another lady. The ladies place...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 24 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 15 THE BASKET, RING & FLOWER. The first couple advance, the gentleman holding in his hand a basket containing a ring and a flower. After dancing one or two rounds he presents...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 25 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 16 the room, they resume their seats, and the next couples continue. THE TWO LINES OF SIX. The first couple lead off with the Polka. The gentleman then chooses five other gentlemen,...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 26 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 17 half round and go forward followed by the gentlemen. They turn half round again, and each lady dances with the gentleman who is behind her. When they have resumed their places...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 27 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 18 And she is presented with another by her partner until she accept one with whom she dances several rounds. The rejected partners return to their seats. And so on for the...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 28 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 19 They then form two circles at each end of the room and dance round with either the Polka or Valse. The lady No. 1, and the gentleman No. 3, pass under...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 29 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 20 THE MIRROR. The first gentleman places his partner on a chair in the centre of the room, and gives her a mirror to hold. Then all the gentlemen pass one after...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 30 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 21 THE ROUND & GRAND CHAIN. The first two couples dance several rounds of the Mazourka and Petit tour . The first gentleman then takes another lady and the second lady takes...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 31 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 22 They turn one round to the left and afterwards form a circle holding hands. Then grand chain until they meet their partners, when they couple off with the Mazourka. The same...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 32 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 23 And the gentleman who is near enough to catch it, becomes her partner. The other gentlemen return to their places. The remaining couples perform the same figure. THE STAR. The first...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 33 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 24 their hands above, leave the centre and dance with their partners in the narrow space between each lady and gentleman. Meanwhile the three other couples continue to turn slowly one way...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 34 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 25 THE CARDS. The leading couple begin with the Polka. The gentleman selects three knaves from the pack of cards, which he gives to three gentlemen and the lady selects three queens...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 35 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 26 Then when they meet their partners, the gentlemen gives his left hand to the lady, who also gives her left hand, and they again turn hands across in moulinet , during...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 36 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 27 asks another lady, and so on until he has made choice of one with whom he dances, leaving his own partner to dance with the partner of the lady he is...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 37 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 28 places by passing under the arms of the others thus: And join with the other gentlemen thus: This is repeated four times, when they finish by dancing the Polka round the...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 38 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 29 THE TWO CHAIRS. The first two couples commence with the Polka or Waltz. One of the gentlemen sits on one of the two chairs that are placed back to back in...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 39 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 30 presented him. The same is repeated by the gentleman, after which they all dance a few rounds and return to their seats, and the other couples begin. THE ROUNDS MULTIPLIED. Three...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860
Image 40 of Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances 31 hands round and turn one round to the left, after which the two gentlemen pass under the ladies arms thus: The same figure is repeated with the next two ladies, and...
- Contributor: Jullien & Co. - Coulon
- Date: 1860

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Title: Coulon's hand-book containing all the last new and fashionable dances
Contributor Names: Coulon -- b. 1808
Created / Published: Jullien & Co., London, [1860?], monographic.
Subject Headings: - Ballroom dancing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; - Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
Genre: book
Notes: - By Coulon ... (statement of responsibility); - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. (additional physical form)
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Extent: xii, 99, [1] p. front. (port.) illus. 13 cm.
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Library of Congress Control Number: ca05001945
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