An analysis of country dancing
Subtitle: wherein all the figures used in that polite amusement are rendered familiar by engraved lines. Containing also, directions for composing almost any number of figures to one tune, with some entire new reels; together with the complete etiquette of the ball-room.
By: By T. Wilson ... Illustrated with engravings on wood by J. Berryman.
Edition: 3d ed.
Publisher: J. S. Dickson
Published: 1811
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 194
Subjects: Country-dance -- England -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.; Notation for Dance.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: Designed for "those who possess no knowledge whatsoever of country-dancing," the manual uses text, tables, and color-coded diagrams to explain the figures for English country dances. Performed as a series of figures by a column of men facing a column of women, the English country dance was one of the most popular early nineteenth-century ballroom dances. Originally published in 1808, the manual was reissued in 1822, and another version appeared in 1815 under the title The complete system of English country dancing. This edition is dedicated to Madame Angiolini, principal dancer at the King's Theatre, where Wilson held the post of dancing master.
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