Author: Charles DurangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballroom dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Ball-room Bijou, and Art of Dancing
Author: Charles DurangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballroom dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
The Ball-room Bijou
Author: Charles DurangThe Ball-Room Bijou, and Art of Dancing
Author: Charles DurangPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333376840
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Excerpt from The Ball-Room Bijou, and Art of Dancing: Containing the Figures of the Polkas, Mazurkas, and Other Popular New Dances; With Rules for Polite Behaviour If there be any merit in our small volume or, should it meet the meed of approval by the patrons of the art, we shall feel amply repaid in the compliment, and grateful for their pa tronage. It is a compilation from the most able writers on the subject, in combination with original matter which our professional Oxperience has acquired, and digested by years of study. At your feet, generous votaries of Terpsichore, we throw our petit bouquet of variegated colors; many buds of which, we have gathered from the picturesque parterre of 0. Blasts, the celebrated ballet composer: if we have ungracefully, or unartistically blended the tints, your good nature and par don we entreat. The various Encyclopedista, in writing on the subject, regret the absence of a well written history on dancing, and that it would prove interesting. We think, that Elaeis has amply responded to that desire, in the production of his splendid, classical and realm-chef work on The Art of Dancing: wherein by infinite learned inquiry, he inge niously, but most instructively depicts in great beauty of diction and poetical illustration, from the entire literature of Europe, ancient and modern; the legitimate claims of the dancing Goddess to a coeval and co-ordinate pedestal with her enchanting sisters. It is a classic fountain, at which the sculptor, painter, poet, actor, dramatist, dancer, musical com. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Ball-room Bijou, and Art of Dancing
Author: From the Ballroom to Hell
Author: Elizabeth AldrichPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810109131
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
During the 1800s, dance and etiquette manuals provided ordinary men and women with the keys to becoming gentlemen and ladies--and thus advancing in society. Why dance? To the insecure and status-oriented upper middle class, the ballroom embodied the perfect setting in which to demonstrate one's fitness for membership in genteel society. From the Ballroom to Hell collects over 100 little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from the nineteenth century. Included are instructions for performing various dances, as well as musical scores, costume patterns, and the proper way to hold one's posture, fork, gloves, and fan. While of particular interest to dancers, dance historians, and choreographers, anyone fascinated by the ways and mores of the period will find From the Ballroom to Hell an endearing and informative glimpse of America's past.
The Art of Dancing, and Ball Room Instructor
Author: Edward FerreroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballroom dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
John Durang
Author: Publisher: Cambria Press
ISBN: 1621968936
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The Art of Dancing, Historically Illustrated
Author: Edward FerreroPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ballroom dancing
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Although much of the material in this manual is borrowed from the dance writings of Charles Durang, it remains an important source for the study of mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Unlike other contemporary writers, Ferrero devotes more than eighty pages to the origins of dance and a history of European and Native American dance. The remaining part of the manual concerns ballroom etiquette and descriptions of numerous dances including the quadrille, waltz, polka, schottisch, varsovienne, polka mazurka, and galop. Ferrero gives directions for more than eighty figures of the cotillon, a group dance performed as a series of party games. Some of the figures include "The scarf," "The glass of wine," "The sea during a storm," "The four chairs," and "The rounds thwarted." The manual concludes with music for twenty-three dances.
Ballroom Etiquette - For Ladies And Gentlemen
Author: C. H. ClevelandPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473352460
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author: Edward Scott