Dancing and its relations to education and social life, with a new method of instruction, including a complete guide to the cotillion (German) with 250 figures. By Allen Dodworth.

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Dancing and its relations to education and social life, with a new method of instruction, including a complete guide to the cotillion (German) with 250 figures. By Allen Dodworth.

Dodworth, Allen.

OTHER TITLES
Dancing

CREATED/PUBLISHED
New & enl. ed., with an introduction by T. George Dodworth.
New York, London, Harper & Brothers, 1900.

SUMMARY
Dancing master and composer Dodworth's manual was originally published in 1885 and "new and enlarged" editions were reissued in 1888, 1900, 1902, and 1905. In this manual, Dodworth gives his perspective on fifty years of changes in social dance. The book covers the galop, racket, waltz, knickerbocker, bows, quadrilles, the minuet, Virginia reel, and two hundred fifty figures for the German (also known as the cotillon). The manual also includes an illuminating chapter directed toward dance musicians.

SUBJECTS
German (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.

MEDIUM
xxvi, 302 p. front. (port.) illus. 20 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .D62 1900

DIGITAL ID
musdi 186 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.186

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 62-70) - Waltz
(Video clip for p. 62-70) - Waltz
(Video clip for p. 75) - Bow and curtsy (salutations)
(Video clip for p. 230) - The Fan, from the German
(Video clip for p. 232) - The Covered Pieces, from the German

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