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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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Le maître a danser. Qui enseigne la maniere de faire tous les differens pas de danse dans toute la régularité de l'art, & de conduire les bras à chaque pas ... Par le Sieur Rameau ...
CREATED/PUBLISHED
A Paris, Rollin fils, 1748.
SUMMARY
Originally published in 1725 and reissued in 1734 and 1748 by French dancing master and writer Pierre Rameau (1674-1748), this is one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance technique. Part one of the text (with accompanying full-page plates) carefully describes the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, bows, and a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers use of the arms while dancing. The manual was translated into English in 1728 by dancer and dancing master, John Essex.
NOTES
Plates signed: P. Rameau, invenit et fecìt.
SUBJECTS
Dance--Handbooks, manuals, etc.--Early works to 1800.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
MEDIUM
xxiv, 271, [1] p. front., plates, diagrs. 20 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1590 .R3
DIGITAL ID
musdi 142 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.142
RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 62) - Reverence
(Video clip for p. 76-83) - Pas de menuet de deux mouvements
(Video clip for p. 76-83) - Pas de menuet de trois mouvements
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