Elements and principles of the art of dancing
as used in the polite and fashionable circles: also rules of deportment and descriptions of manners of civility, appertaining to that art: from the French of J. H. G. ...
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Author
Publication
1817 - Printed by J. F. Hurtel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
23,250 words, Guess
Page Count
93 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6616578M
- OCLC Control Number612783442
- OCLC Control Number5128413
- Library of Congress Control Number19008463
Classifications
- LCCGV1590 .G68
Description
A translation of Gourdoux-Daux's Principes de la danse (Paris, 1804 and 1811), this manual is important for its description of steps and step sequences appropriate in the performance of the popular ballroom dance, the quadrille (called cotilion by the author). The quadrille is a series of figures, organized into sets and performed by sets of four couples. The manual begins with discussions on deportment and positions, and continues with descriptions of various steps including assemblé, jeté, echappé, chassé, and glissadé. Step combinations are given for nineteen quadrille figures, such as "right and left," "hands round," "English chain," "ladies' chain," and "balancé."
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- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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