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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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An essay on dancing / by J. Townley Crane.

Crane, J. T. 1819-1880. (Jonathan Townley),

CREATED/PUBLISHED
9th ed.
New York : Nelson & Phillips, [1849]

SUMMARY
This book is a typical example of mid-nineteenth-century anti-dance literature. Crane takes the position that the ancients, including the Greeks and Egyptians, danced only for religious purposes. The author additionally notes that dancing in the Bible was done by "maidens and women alone." Also typical of this type of literature, the author decries the religious ceremonies of the "savage and the semi-civilized" world of non-Christians, especially the customs of non-Europeans. Crane concludes that balls have a bad effect on health and are a waste of time.

NOTES
"Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1849 ... in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York."

SUBJECTS
Dance--Moral and ethical aspects.
Antidance Literature.

MEDIUM
132 p. ; 16 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1741 .C7 1849b

DIGITAL ID
musdi 214 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.214

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