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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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Clendenen's treatise on elementary and classical dancing ... By F. Leslie Clendenen ...

Clendenen, F. Leslie b. 1864. (Frank Leslie),

OTHER TITLES
Treatise on elementary and classical dancing

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Davenport, Iowa, Instructor Publishing Co., 1903.

SUMMARY
Dancing master Clendenen's book is meant for teachers of dance and covers the basic building blocks of teaching beginning with the positions of the feet and body. Technical terms (with correct pronunciation), preparatory exercises, bows, and curtseys are included as well as sections on attitudes and poses, and correct and incorrect positions. The manual concludes with instructions on how to teach ten fancy dances that include "Highland Fling," "Sailor's Hornpipe," "Twentieth-Century Skirt Dance," and "La Manola." The manual is illustrated with photographs of students.

SUBJECTS
Dance.
Dance Instruction and Physical Culture.
Theatrical Dance.

MEDIUM
174, [2] p. front. (port.) illus., pl. 21 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1781 .C5

DIGITAL ID
musdi 044 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.044

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