Elements and principles of the art of dancing, as used in the polite and fashionable circles: also rules of deportment and descriptions of manners of civility, appertaining to that art: from the French of J. H. G. ... by V. G. ...

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Elements and principles of the art of dancing, as used in the polite and fashionable circles: also rules of deportment and descriptions of manners of civility, appertaining to that art: from the French of J. H. G. ... by V. G. ...

J. H. G. (J. H. Gourdoux-Daux)

OTHER TITLES
Principes et notions élémentaires sur l'art de la danse. English

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, Printed by J. F. Hurtel, 1817.

SUMMARY
A translation of Gourdoux-Daux's Principes de la danse (Paris, 1804 and 1811), this manual is important for its description of steps and step sequences appropriate in the performance of the popular ballroom dance, the quadrille (called cotilion by the author). The quadrille is a series of figures, organized into sets and performed by sets of four couples. The manual begins with discussions on deportment and positions, and continues with descriptions of various steps including assemblé, jeté, echappé, chassé, and glissadé. Step combinations are given for nineteen quadrille figures, such as "right and left," "hands round," "English chain," "ladies' chain," and "balancé."

SUBJECTS
Quadrille (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.

MEDIUM
93 p. 18 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1590 .G68

DIGITAL ID
musdi 212 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.212

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 70) - Step sequence for quadrille figure Forward and Back
(Video clip for p. 71) - Step sequence for quadrille figure Cross Over

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