The fashionable dancer's casket
or, The ball-room instructor. A new and splendid work on dancing, etiquette, deportment, and the toilet.
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Author
Publication
1856 - Fisher & Brother, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL239811M
- Library of Congress Control Numberca05001943
Classifications
- LCCGV1751 .D94
Alternate Titles
- Ball-room instructor
Description
Although Charles Durang was a well-known Philadelphia dancing teacher and the son of famed American dancer John Durang, very little of this manual originates from the pen of the author. He acknowledges that the dances contained in the book are by the "celebrated teachers of Paris and London." Additionally, the sections on etiquette, deportment, and dress stem from "Mrs. Henderson's treatise." The manual includes descriptions of the popular ballroom dances of the day--quadrilles, polka, waltz, schottisch, gorlitza, and Cellarius waltz.
Subjects
Genres
- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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