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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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The drawing-room dances. By Cellarius.
OTHER TITLES
Danse des salons. English
CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, E. Churton, 1847.
SUMMARY
A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is followed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltze à trois temps, and waltze à deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka quadrille. The manual contains eighty-three figures for a series of dance games, called the cotillon (also known as the German or German cotillon). The manual includes eight full-page prints by Paul Gavarni.
NOTES
Illustration on t.-p.
SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
MEDIUM
xii, iv, [5]-149 p. viii pl. (incl. front.) 18 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .C38
DIGITAL ID
musdi 037 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.037
RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 20) - Polka
(Video clip for p. 26) - Waltz a trois temps (waltz)
(Video clip for p. 109) - La Colin Maillard (Blind Man's Buff), from the German
(Video clip for p. 109) - La Colin Maillard (Blind Man's Buff), from the German
(Video clip for p. 109) - The Fan, from the German
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