Dances of to-day
By: by Albert W. Newman ... an expert's full directions, with illustrations and diagrams, for learning or teaching the tango, hesitation, one-step, Boston, maxixe and all other modern dances.
Publisher: The Penn Publishing Co.
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Dance.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Notation for Dance.; Music for Dance.
Description: Declaring his book to be the "absolute authorith on modern dancing," Newman describes a large selection of the most popular ragtime dances including the Castle Walk, Castle Glide, one step, horse trot, tango, maxixe, and lame duck. The manual is enhanced with line drawings and photographs and contains music for the "Newman Tango."
Notes: Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.