The drawing-room dances
By Cellarius, Henri. Published 1858. Free to read and download from Internet Archive.
Description
105 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 18 cm A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is followed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltze à trois temps, and waltze à deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka quadrille. The manual contains eighty-three figures for a series of dance games, called the cotillon (also known as the German or German cotillon). The manual includes eight full-page prints by Paul Gavarni Illustration on t.p
- Author
- Cellarius, Henri
- Date
- 1858
- Publisher
- New York : Dinsmore & Co. ; Boston : Ditson & Co.
- Language
- eng
- Copyright
- Public domain in the US
Subjects
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