A full description of modern dances.
By: By C. H. Rivers.
Publisher: publisher not identified
Published: 1885
Place of publication: Brooklyn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Ballroom dancing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Modern dances
Description: 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.
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