Each of the ten 'Volumes' in Dr John Gardiner-Garden's 2018 Dancing through the Ages series consists of three books. Each book is A4 size (i.e. 29x21 centimetres or 8.2x11.6 inches) and contains between 240 and 440 pages (most around 340). Each collection of three books contain (on average) 1,000 pages of research, discussion, analysis, illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations. The first book (Part 1a-d) looks at dancing in general (the social, political and geographic contexts in which dance and the institution of the ball was evolving; the nature and evolution of the period’s main forms of dance; dance elements such as style, etiquette, honours, holds, formations, figures and steps; developments in dance teaching, notation and publication, and period-relevant primary sources (including little known ones). The second and third books (Part 2a and Part 2b respectively) offer sources and music for, and reconstructions and analysis of dozens of dances from the relevant period, presented in alphabetic order.
Below are the covers and contents of the three books that constitute Volume VII in the series. The numbers represent the page on which the section or subsection start. The total number of pages in the book is usually a few pages more than the last page number mentioned.
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N.B. I recommend that in addition to books pertaining to the period you first think of, you also order books from the adjacent period collections and Book 1: 'Orientation and Overview' (286 pages). Indeed, because of the interconnectivity of dance over the 500 years covered by this series (and the cross-referencing between books in the series), I highly recommend the full set!
Part 1: Dance in General (Book 20) PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 8 England ~ 10 The importance of dance ~ 10 The private ball according to Jane Austen ~ 13 Assembly room dancing ~ 17 Public balls according to Thomas Wilson ~ 24 Dancing in Jane Austen screen adaptations ~ 31 Scotland ~ 34 Continental Europe ~ 37 The folk couples dances ~ 37 Group ballroom dances ~ 37 Congress of Vienna ~ 39 The Duchess of Richmond’s Ball ~ 39 In France ~ 42 Germany ~ 45 Expanding dance culture ~ 45 Changing dance repertoire ~ 46 The winter ball season ~ 49 America ~ 52 The acceptance of dance ~ 52 Regional differences ~ 54 African-American involvement with dance ~ 56 The West Indies ~ 57 Australia ~ 59 The transplanting of British Isles traditions ~ 59 A broadening repertoire ~ 60 Poland and Russia ~ 63 Poland ~ 63 Russia ~ 64 PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 67 Allemande ~ 69 Le cotillon / The cotillion dance game ~ 72 The origin ~ 72 The early 1820s ~ 75 The Country Dance ~ 78 Origin ~ 78 Variety ~ 79 Its mechanism ~ 81 Its setting to music ~ 86 Dance and tune medleys ~ 88 Its decline ~ 89 Écossaise ~ 92 Its origin ~ 92 Its popularity in Germany ~ 92 Its popularity in Russia ~ 95 Its formation and mechanism ~ 95 Its speed ~ 100 Its figures ~ 101 Its influence ~ 105 The Finishing dances ~ 107 The whole longways set ~ 107 The whole circle set ~ 108 The cotillon ~ 108 Gavotte ~ 110 The hybrid dances ~ 113 The circular system of English Country dancing ~ 113 The Spanish Dance ~ 114 The Swedish Dance ~ 117 The Mescolanze ~ 117 The Circassian Circle and Chivonian … ~ 118 The Union Dance / Quadrille country dance ~ 119 The Jig and Hornpipe ~ 121 The Jig ~ 121 The Hornpipe ~ 122 The Mazurka ~ 124 In its rural homeland ~ 124 Ivensenn ~ 125 After the Napoleonic Wars ~ 128 The Minuet ~ 129 In England ~ 129 In Scotland ~ 131 In Ireland ~ 132 In America ~ 133 In Scandinavia134 The Minuet in double time ~ 134 The Polonaise ~ 136 In Poland ~ 136 In Russia ~ 137 To the West ~ 139 The Quadrille ~ 141 Its origins and first devotees ~ 141 Its form ~ 144 Its stepping ~ 147 Its debut in England and Scotland ~ 149 Its diversification ~ 153 Quadrillemania ~ 155 The Scotch Reel ~ 159 The Waltz ~ 162 Its arrival in France ~ 162 Its arrival in England ~ 166 Its arrival in Scotland ~ 171 Its arrival in America ~ 172 Its arrival in Australia ~ 173 PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 174 Style ~ 175 Deportment ~ 175 Management of arms and hands ~ 178 A new naturalism ~ 179 Knowing appropriate steps ~ 180 Shunning exhibitionism ~ 182 The reality of the ballroom ~ 185 Etiquette ~ 190 Honours ~ 196 The bow and courtesy ~ 196 Honours in country dances and quadrilles ~ 197 Putting on and taking off the hat ~ 199 Holds and positions ~ 200 Turn out ~ 200 Five positions ~ 201 Standing ~ 203 Carriage of the arms ~ 203 Couples dance arm holds ~ 206 Formations ~ 207 The Quadrille ~ 207 The longways set ~ 209 Couples ~ 214 The new ‘hybrid’ formations ~ 214 Figures in general ~ 216 In the Country Dance ~ 217 In the Quadrille ~ 219 In the Écossaise ~ 223 In Waltz Country dances ~ 226 In the Spanish Dance ~ 226 In the Mescolanzes ~ 228 In the Union danses ~ 229 Figure glossary ~ 230 Across Parallels ~ 230 À Droite et à Gauche / Chassez-dechassez ~ 230 À Droite sur les Côtes ~ 234 Allemande ~ 234 En Avant et en Arrière ~ 237 Back to Back / Dos à Dos ~ 237 Back / Retreat and Advance ~ 240 Balancé ~ 240 Cast off ~ 240 Chaîne Anglaise ~ 243 Chain / Chaîne for 8 or more ~ 243 Chain for 6 / Chaîne en six ~ 245 Chain for four (snowballed) ~ 246 Chaînes des Dames ~ 246 Change corners / Change over ~ 246 Change sides ~ 246 Change Places ~ 247 Chase ~ 247 Chassé à droite / à gauche / dechassé ~ 248 Chassé Crois(s)é ~ 248 Chassé out / Chassé ouvert ~ 252 Circle ~ 253 Contra corners ~ 253 Crossing Over 1 or 2 couples ~ 253 Dechassé ~ 256 Demi Promenade ~ 256 Down the middle ~ 256 Dos-à-dos ~ 257 En Avant et en Arrière ~ 257 En Avant les Huits ~ 257 Figure / Figure of eight ~ 257 Forward and Back / En Avant et en Arrière ~ 260 Forward all Eight / En Avant les Huit ~ 262 Grand Square ~ 263 Grand Rond / Ronde en huit ~ 263 Gypsy ~ 264 Half Promenade / Queue de chat ~ 264 Hands across / Moulinet ~ 264 Hands round / Rond ~ 265 Hands four / hands four round / circle ~ 266 Hands three / Rond de Trois ~ 266 Hands six / circle ~ 268 Hey ~ 269 Half-moon / Horseshoe ~ 269 Ladies’ Chain / Chaîne des Dames ~ 271 Lead around ~ 273 Lead down and back ~ 274 Lead outside ~ 279 Lines / Les Lignes ~ 280 Moulinet (Le) ~ 280 Petit tour ~ 280 Pirouette ~ 280 Porte d’Honneur ~ 280 Poussette ~ 281 Promenade / La promenade / Queue du chat ~ 283 Right and Left / Chaîne Anglaise ~ 286 Set / Setting / Balancer ~ 292 Set and change places ~ 299 Set and change sides / set and cross … ~ 300 Set contrary corners ~ 301 Set between two... ~ 302 Set four in line / Balancez quatre en ligne ~ 302 Set three in place and three across ~ 303 Set to the 2nd and turn the 3rd / Baulking ~ 303 Swing ~ 304 Swing corners ~ 304 Swing round / Swing with right hand then with left ~ 304 Le Tiroir / Les Tiroirs / Small Square / Double Square ~ 305 Tour de Mains ~ 306 Tour sur place ~ 306 Traversez ~ 306 Turn with both hands / Tour de Mains ~ 309 To the Right and to the Left ~ 311 To the Sides / À Droite sur les Côtes ~ 311 Traverser ~ 311 Turn corners ~ 311 Turn right hand / Turn left hand / La Main / Swing ~ 313 Visiting the set ~ 313 Waltzing in a set ~ 314 Steps in general ~ 315 Steps for country dance ~ 319 Kattfuss 1800 ~ 319 Mädel 1805 ~ 320 Ivensenn 1806 ~ 323 Wilson 1810-1820 ~ 324 Steps in Ecossaises ~ 327 Kattfuss 1800 & 1802 ~ 327 Mädel 1805 ~ 330 Ivensenn 1806 ~ 331 Steps used in Quadrilles ~ 334 Step glossary ~ 336 Assemblé ~ 336 Balancé ~ 337 Ballonné ~ 337 Balloté ~ 338 Battement ~ 338 Bending / Plié ~ 339 Bourrée ~ 340 Change of feet / Changement de jambe / Cross spring ~ 341 Chassé ~ 343 Contretems / Contretemps ~ 346 Coupé ~ 347 Entrechat ~ 347 Eschappé / Flic Flac / Fosgladh ~ 348 Flic Flac / Fosgladh ~ 349 Glissade ~ 349 Jeté ~ 351 Kemkossy- minor / Forçepas / Back-sk… ~ 354 Kemkossy- single & double / Balançepas / Double Irish footing ~ 355 Kemshoole / Pas sauté / Schottische step ~ 357 Minuet (Pas de) ~ 359 Pas de basque ~ 359 Pirouette ~ 360 Rond de Jambe ~ 361 Running footing ~ 361 Seby-trast ~ 362 Sissone ~ 362 Tem(p)s Levé ~ 364 Temps de Courante ~ 365 Zephyr (Pas de) ~ 366 Walking / Pas marché ~ 366 PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 367 Dance teaching and leading ~ 368 The importance of dance classes ~ 368 The changing repertoire ~ 373 The teachers of dubious quality ~ 375 The teachers of quality ~ 378 Visual aids ~ 381 Calling ~ 382 Publication and Notation ~ 386 Publication ~ 386 Notation ~ 387 Dance note book ~ 389 Anonymous works and collections ~ 390 Anonymous books ~ 390 Beckers Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen ~ 391 Other publisher collections ~ 393 Manuscripts ~ 395 Authors and their works ~ 397 Bigatti ~ 397 Blanchard ~ 397 Blasis ~ 397 Campbell ~ 398 Charpentier ~ 399 Chivers ~ 399 Clarchies ~ 400 Collinet ~ 401 Dun ~ 402 Duval ~ 402 Gergoux ~ 403 Gourdoux-Daux ~ 403 Hart ~ 404 Ivensenn ~ 405 Jenkins ~ 405 Kattfuß ~ 406 Länger ~ 407 Lauchery ~ 407 Lowe ~ 407 Lund ~ 408 Mädel ~ 408 Moreau de Saint-Méry ~ 409 Nichols ~ 409 Noke ~ 410 Paine ~ 410 Peacock ~ 413 Rice ~ 414 Roller ~ 414 Rosenhain ~ 414 Saltator ~ 414 Schaffer ~ 416 Simonet ~ 416 Stender ~ 416 Strathy ~ 416 Théleur ~ 416 Thompson ~ 416 Voiart ~ 417 Wills ~ 417 Wilson ~ 41 | 
Part 2a: Dances in detail A-L (Book 21) Ah Ça Ira (2) ~ 6 The Alexander ~ 9 Allemande (5) / Strassburger ~ 11 The Attempt ~ 22 L’Augustin Waltz (1&2) ~ 24 La Batteuse ~ 27 The Battle of Leipzig ~ 41 La Belle Annette & La Batteuse Count ... 42 Butter’d Pease (2) ~ 46 The Caledonian Quadrille ~ 48 Le Carillon de Dunkerque ~ 71 The Chase (1) ~ 81 College Hornpipe ~ 82 The Comet ~ 86 Contre-Ecossaise ~ 88 Conversation (1) & (2) ~ 91 Le Cotillon 1820 (Lauchery) ~ 106 Le Cotillon 1823 (Lauchery) ~ 116 Le Cotillon 1823 (Collinet) ~ 131 Countess of Yarmouth’s Fancy ~ 151 Country Bumpkin (2) ~ 153 Country Bumpkin (3) ~ 156 The Cushion Dance (2) ~ 158 The Cushion Dance (3) / Der Polstertanz ~ 162 The Czar ~ 164 Damen Verein ~ 166 The De’il among the Tailors ~ 171 Downfall of Paris ~ 173 Drops of Brandy ~ 178 The Duke of Kent’s Waltz ~ 181 Dutch Dollars ~ 186 Ecossaise mit 2 Colonnen ~ 187 Elegance and Simplicity ~ 191 L’Été ~ 193 The Fair Circassian ~ 195 The Fairy Dance ~ 197 Française en rond ~ 199 Francaise royal ~ 204 The Good Girl ~ 208 The Graces ~ 211 Großvater (1)—Gergoux ~ 214 Großvater (2) / Le Grand-père (Collinet) ~ 226 Haste to the Wedding ~ 238 Highland Laddie (1) ~ 240 Highland Laddie (2, 3 & 4) ~ 242 Highland Laddie & Mr Chivers’ Fancy ~ 244 Les Hussars ~ 246 Isabella (1) ~ 260 Isabella (2) ~ 261 Italian Monfrina (1) ~ 263 Italian Monfrina (2) ~ 265 Joan’s Placket (2a & b) ~ 267 La Josephine ~ 269 Juliana (1) ~ 271 Juliana (2) ~ 273 Juliana (3 & 4) ~ 276 Jumping Joan (3a&b) ~ 279 Kattfuß’s Ecossoise no. 1 ~ 280 Keraus ~ 282 Kreuz-Ecossaisen ~ 288 Lady Caroline Lee’s Waltz (1) ~ 294 Lady Caroline Lee’s Waltz (2) ~ 297 Lancers Quadrille (1) / Les Lanciers (1) ~ 299 The Lancers Quadrille (2) / Duval Lancers ~ 308 The Lancers Quadrille (3) / Hart Lancers ~ 335 Les Lanciers (2) / Les Lanciers for 16 ~ 352 Les Lanciers (3) / Les L. (country dance) ~ 356 Länger’s Ecossaise no.1 ~ 360 Lauchery’s Ecossaise for 1823 ~ 366 | Part 2b: Dances in detail M-Z (Book 22) Mazurka Quadrille (1) ~ 6 La Monaco ~ 18 Money Musk (2) ~ 22 La Monferine ~ 24 Morgiana in Ireland (1a, b, c) ~ 28 Morgiana in Ireland (2) ~ 30 The Moscovians ~ 33 Mr Chivers’ Fancy (1, 2, 3 and 4) ~ 39 Mr Turner’s Academy Cotillion ~ 42 La Napoléon ~ 45 National Waltz ~ 48 National Waltz and Highland Laddie ~ 51 Nichols’ Favorite ~ 53 Pantalon (1a&b), (2) & (3) ~ 55 Pleasures of the Town (2) ~ 58 Polonaise (3) / La Grande Polonaise ~ 60 La Poule (1) ~ 71 La Poule (2a) ~ 73 La Poule (2b, c, d) ~ 74 La Poule (3a&b) ~ 78 Quadrille Français (1) / Simonet’s ~ 80 Quadrille Français (2a) / Paine’s 1st Set ~ 115 Rond(e) de Rocha(t) ~ 133 The Russian Ambassador’s Waltz ~ 147 Russian Dance (1), (2) and (3) ~ 151 Russian Dance and Morgiana in Ireland ~ 155 Scotch Reel of 3 & of 4 ~ 157 Scotch Reel of 5 (1a&b) ~ 167 Scotch Reel of 5 (2) ~ 171 Scotch Reel of 6 (1a,b&c) ~ 172 Scotch Reel of 6 (2) ~ 176 Sicilian Dance (1) & (2) ~ 179 Sir Roger de Coverley (2a) ~ 181 Sir Roger de Coverley (3) / Haymakers ~ 188 Soldier’s Joy (2a&b) ~ 194 Spanish Dance (1a&b) / The Guaracha ~ 196 La Tempête (1 a, b, c, d) ~ 198 Triolet (1) ~ 221 The Triumph (1b&c, 2) ~ 226 La Trompeuse ~ 231 Tyrolese Waltz and Isabella ~ 234 The Union Waltz ~ 236 La Valse en Cotillon ~ 238 La Vinetta ~ 240 The Volga ~ 242 Waltz (1) / French Waltzing ~ 244 Waltz (2) / German Waltzing / Drehen ~ 266 Waltz in the Russian style ~ 275 Wechsel-Waltzer ~ 279 Wilson’s Quadrilles ~ 283 |
