The art of dancing
Subtitle: embracing a full description of the various dances of the present day, together with chapters on etiquette, the benefits and history of dancing.
By: By Judson Sause ...
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: The household library,; v. 4, no. 44
Publisher: Belford, Clarke & Co.
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Ballroom dancing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: This manual is acknowledged by the author to be a compilation of other sources. In its eight chapters, the work covers etiquette, general instructions for feet positions and bows, the quadrille, contra dances ("Spanish Dance," "Sicilian Circle," and "Virginia Reel"), as well as the polka redowa, York, schottisch, military schottisch, Bohemian, and several waltz variations--modern, hop, five-step, and knickerbocker. The manual concludes with thirty-two figures for the German (also known as the cotillon).
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