The dancing-master: or, The art of dancing explained.
Wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... The whole containing sixty figures drawn from the life, and curiously engraved on copper plates.
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Author
Contributions
- Essex, John, tr. - Contributor
Publication
1728 - Printed and sold by him, and J. Brotherton, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
40,000 words, Guess
Page Count
160 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Number10030397
- Open LibraryOL6525156M
Classifications
- LCCGV1590 .R4
Alternate Titles
- Dancing-master
- Art of dancing explained
Description
This is a translation of one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance--Pierre Rameau's 1725 Le maître a danser. Translated by English dancer and writer John Essex (c. 1680-1744), part one of the text and accompanying full-page plates carefully focus on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and describe a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers use of the arms while dancing. This English translation was reissued in 1732.
Subjects
Genres
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Early works to 1800
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