The danciad
Subtitle: or, Dancer's monitor. Being a descriptive sketch in verse, on the different styles and methods of dancing quadrilles, waltzes, country dances, &c. &c. ... Together with observations on the laws regarding dancing, with extracts from the Acts of Parliament relating thereto.
By: By Thomas Wilson ...
Publisher: The Author
Published: 1824
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Dance.; Dance Instruction and Physical Culture.
Other titles: Dancer's monitor
Description: Written in verse as a dramatic play in two parts, Thomas Wilson, dancing master to the King's Theatre, comments on the state of teaching, public balls, and the character of many dance instructors. Nearly every page contains additional remarks in the form of footnotes, ranging from an abstract of the 1752 Act of Parliament on illegal dancing to a long discourse on English country dancing and quadrilles.
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