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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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Dancing and prompting, etiquette and deportment of society and ball room. [By] Professor Bonstein [pseud.]
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Boston, White, Smith & Co. [c1884]
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.
SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Etiquette.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Prompting Quadrilles.
MEDIUM
48 p. 17 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .W58
DIGITAL ID
musdi 002 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.002
RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 18) - Waltz cotillion (also known as Waltz quadrille)
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