For the furthur improvement of dancing, A treatis of chorography or ye art of dancing country dances after a new character
in which the figures, steps & manner of performing are describ'd, & ye rules demonstrated in an easie method adapted to the meanest capacity
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Author
Contributions
- Essex, John. - Contributor
Publication
1710 - Sold by I. Walsh & P. Randall ... I. Hare ... I. Culen ... & by ye author ..., London, England
Language
English
Word Count
22,000 words, Guess
Page Count
88 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3914124M
- OCLC Control Number7774288
- Library of Congress Control Number81480220
Classifications
- DDC793.3/1
- LCCGV1763 .F413 1710
Alternate Titles
- Treatis of chorography
- Art of dancing country dances after a new character
Description
This is a translation of Raoul-Auger Feuillet's treatise Recueil de contredances mises ... (Paris, 1706), by English dance, dancing master, and writer John Essex. Through the use of diagrams, the manual gives descriptions of floor patterns and motions for the feet and arms, indicates how the dance corresponds to the music, and provides rules for performance of English country dances, known in France as the contredanse (also spelled contredance). Diagrams and music for ten dances are given. 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 ballroom dances during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Subjects
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Times
Genres
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Early works to 1800
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