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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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A full description of modern dances. By C. H. Rivers.

Rivers, C. H. (Charles H.)

OTHER TITLES
Modern dances

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Brooklyn [1885]

SUMMARY
Unlike earlier manuals that contained detailed information on etiquette, this manual reflects the late nineteenth-century trend to shorten or eliminate such information. This manual contains only one-third of a page on etiquette. Dances described include the waltz (with reversing steps), polka, schottisch, polka redowa, polka mazurka, galop, quadrilles, contra dances ("Sicilian Circle," "Spanish Dance" and "Rustic Reel"). Thirty-seven figures are given for the popular series of party game figures known as the cotillon or German.

SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.

MEDIUM
63, [1] p. illus. 16 x 13 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .R62

DIGITAL ID
musdi 146 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.146

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