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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals
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The perfect art of modern dancing.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
London, New York, Butterick Publishing Co., c1894.
SUMMARY
This manual, part of a series that included such publications as The perfect art of canning and preserving and Nursing and nourishment for invalids, was directly marketed to women. It begins by discussing the suitability of teaching dance to children. The author suggests that dance is good for health and deportment, and lessons should commence at age five. Various dances are described including quadrilles, contra dances, round dances, and the German (also known as the cotillon)
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Cover title.
SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance--Health aspects.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
MEDIUM
1 p.l., 65 p. illus. 15 cm.
CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .W82
DIGITAL ID
musdi 119 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.119
RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 49) - Waltz cotillion (also known as Waltz quadrille)
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