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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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Leitfaden für den Tanz- & Körperbildungs-Unterricht, mit Anleitungen über den gesellschaftlichen Verkehr. 14 Tafeln mit 118 figürlichen und choregraphischen Darstellungen. Bearbeitet von J. R. Bosshardt-Strübi ...

Bosshardt-Strübi, J. R.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Zürich, Juchli & Beck, 1897.

SUMMARY
This manual opens with a brief history of dance and continues with descriptions of feet positions, and figures for quadrilles and "La Polonaise" (also known as the grand march). Round dances such as schottisch, waltz, and polka are also included. The manual is enhanced by fourteen full-page illustrations.

NOTES
Plates vii-x wanting.

"I. Abteilung. Der gesellschaftliche Tanz" has special t.-p.

SUBJECTS
Dance--History.
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Notation for Dance.

MEDIUM
vii, 109 p. xiv pl. (part fold., incl. diagrs.) 18 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .B68

DIGITAL ID
musdi 201 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.201

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 51) - La Polonais (Grand March)

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