Dancing through the Ages 1825-1850-a

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 VIII 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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Part 1: Dance in general   ( Book 23)

PART 1a:    DANCE CONTEXT ~ 9

The relationship between the new ballet stars and social dance ~ 10

England ~ 12

Assembly dances ~ 12

State balls ~ 19

Grand fancy-dress balls ~ 21

The Waverley ball ~ 23

The private ball ~ 27

Outdoor dancing ~ 34

The Black ball ~ 36

Central Europe ~ 39

France ~ 46

The public dance hall ~ 46

The view from England ~ 51

America ~ 59

Its conservatism ~ 59

Innovations ~ 59

Growing regional variation ~ 61

Black dance ~ 62

Australia ~ 64

The balls ~ 64

Balls on boats ~ 66

Keeping abreast with fashion ~ 68

The new couples dances ~ 69

The informal dance party according to Annabella Boswell ~ 71

Poland and Russia ~ 73

Poland ~ 73

Russia ~ 74

PART 1b:    DANCE FORMS ~ 76

The Cotillion dance-game ~ 78

The mid-1820 and Petrovski ~ 78

Late 1820s, St. Petersburg collection and Helmke ~ 79

The 1830s, Hentschke and Maksin ~ 81

The early 1840s and Roller ~ 84

The late 1840s and Cellarius ~ 84

The Country Dance ~ 92

Its survival in England ~ 92

Its survival in Germany ~ 93

Changing fashion ~ 93

The Finishing dances ~ 96

The Galop ~ 97

The emergence of a ‘group couples’ dance 1829-1839 ~ 97

The development of a quadrille form ~ 101

The Hybrid Dances ~ 103

The Mazurka ~ 106

In Poland ~ 106

In Russia ~ 107

To Germany ~ 110

Late 1820s descriptions of Tschüter and Wiener ~ 111

Early 1830s descriptions of Förster, Helmke and Nadler ~ 113

Late 1830s descriptions of Häcker, Hentschke and Bartholomay ~ 114

1840s ~ 117

To Austria and Italy ~ 118

Hłasko ~ 118

In Paris ~ 119

The dance according to Coralli ~ 119

The dance according to Laborde ~ 124

The dance according to Cellarius ~ 129

To England ~ 134

To Scotland ~ 140

To America ~ 140

The Minuet ~ 143

Declining popularity of the ball dance ~ 143

The longways minuet ~ 145

The nostalgic display ~ 145

The minuet quadrille and minuet waltz hybrid ~ 146

The Polka ~ 148

Its origins ~ 148

France ~ 149

In England ~ 161

In Germany ~ 183

In Australia ~ 187

In America ~ 188

In Mexico ~ 193

The Polonaise ~ 196

In Poland ~ 196

In Russia ~ 198

To the West ~ 201

The Quadrille ~ 204

The late 1820s ~ 204

The early 1830s ~ 205

The late 1830s early 1840s ~ 206

The late 1840s ~ 208

The Waltz ~ 211

1820s variants ~ 214

The Vals à deux temps ~ 215

PART 1c:    DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 220

Style ~ 221

A new naturalism ~ 221

Shunning exhibitionism ~ 222

Arms ~ 223

Grace ~ 225

Etiquette ~ 228

Honours ~ 231

The man’s bow ~ 231

The woman’s courtesy ~ 231

Holds and positions ~ 233

Five positions ~ 233

Quadrille holds ~ 235

Couple’s holds ~ 235

Formations, figures and steps in set dances ~ 242

Figures for the mazurka ~ 245

Figures for the polka ~ 247

Allemande passes (including the ‘lassoo’ and ‘twirl’) ~ 247

Backing partner ~ 247

The Bohemian / Bremen step / Heel & toe248

The Coquette ~ 248

Changing lady from side to side ~ 249

Chase / Pursuit / Love chase ~ 249

En carré ~ 249

Galops sequence ~ 249

Go in opposite directions ~ 250

Moulinet / Right and left hand ~ 250

Promenade ~ 250

The retreat / ‘window-washing’ ~ 251

Waltz / Vals ~ 251

Tabulation of figures for polkas ~ 252

Steps for the mazurka ~ 253

The Running Step ~ 256

Pas de basque (Polonois) ~ 258

Pas glissé (1) – hop first ~ 263

Pas glissé (2) – glide first ~ 265

‘The Soccer kick’ ~ 268

Coup de talon (1) / Pas Polonais / Hobble (1) ~ 269

Coup de talon (2) / Heel-clicks in a row ~ 273

Pas boiteux / Hobble (2) ~ 273

Pas coupé poussé ~ 276

Pas chassé ~ 277

Holubiec / Tour sur place ~ 278

Pas Assemblé / Pas Frappé ~ 287

Steps for the polka ~ 290

The basic step (1) ~ 290

Heel and Toe ~ 296

Other steps ~ 298

PART 1d:    DANCE TEACHING ~ 300

The Profession ~ 301

The teacher’s responsibilities ~ 301

Dance schools ~ 302

The rural dancing master ~ 307

Calling and notation ~ 313

Calling ~ 313

Notation systems ~ 313

Anonymous and collected works ~ 316

Anonymous manuscripts ~ 316

Anonymous books ~ 316

Folio features ~ 319

Authors and their works ~ 320

Barnett ~ 320

Baron ~ 320

Bartholomay ~ 320

Blasis ~ 321

Boulogne ~ 322

Brunet ~ 322

Burgmuller ~ 323

Casorti ~ 323

Cellarius ~ 324

Coulon ~ 325

Day ~ 325

D’Orsay ~ 325

Durang ~ 326

Förster ~ 327

Franken ~ 327

Frankenstein ~ 327

Glover ~ 327

Häcker ~ 328

Helmke ~ 328

Hentschke ~ 329

Hłasko ~ 329

Knox ~ 329

Laborde ~ 330

Lopez ~ 330

Lowe ~ 330

Lund ~ 331

Mason ~ 332

Nadel ~ 332

Narrey ~ 332

Petrovski ~ 333

Perrot ~ 333

Pollock ~ 334

Powell ~ 334

Prince ~ 334

Roller ~ 335

Saunders ~ 335

Stanhope ~ 336

Staczynskich ~ 336

T.B. ~ 336

Thackery ~ 337

Théleur ~ 337

Vitu ~ 337

Wiener ~ 338

Whale ~ 338

Part 2a: Dances in detail A-M   (Book 24)

Blasis’ new set of Quadrilles ~ 6

The Cinderella Cotillion ~ 20

Cotillon 1829 (Helmke) ~ 32

Cotillon 1836 (Hentschke) ~ 54

Cotillon 1839 (Maksin) ~ 59

Cotillon 1843 (Roller) ~ 63

Cotillon 1847 (Cellarius)—for any number ~ 69

Cotillon 1847 (Cellarius)—for 3 couples ~ 75

Cotillon 1847 (Cellarius)—for more W ~ 82

Cotillon 1847 (Cellarius)—for 4 couples ~ 86

Cotillon 1847 (Cellarius)—with cushion / Cushion dance (4) ~ 92

Ecossaise Waltzer (1) & (2) ~ 94

Fancy Quadrille Figures ~ 101

The Five Step Waltz (1) ~ 125

Galop (1) / Galopade (2) ~ 132

Galopade (3) / Quadrille Galope ~ 148

Highland Reel (1) ~ 157

Hull’s Victory ~ 161

Mazurka Quadrille (2) ~ 164

Mazurka Quadrille (3) ~ 241

Mazurka Quadrille (4) ~ 267

Mazurka Waltz (1) / La Cellarius ~ 294

Minuet (3) ~ 314

Part 2b: Dances in detail N-Z   (Book 25)

Polka (1) ~ 6

Polka (2) ~ 33

Polka (3) / Grand Polkas ~ 52

Polka Quadrille / London Polka Quadrille ~ 66

Polonaise (4) ~ 95

Portland Fancy ~ 103

Quadrille Français (2c) / Mundy’s First Set / L’Albert Quadrille ~ 108

The Redowa (1) ~ 139

The Royal Gallopade ~ 157

The Serious Family Polka ~ 160

Sir Roger de Coverley (4a) / Virginia Reel (1) ~ 167

Sixdrilles / Quadrille Français (1b) ~ 174

Soldier’s Joy (3) ~ 185

Spanish Dance (2) / Spanish Waltz (1) ~ 189

Spanish Waltz (2) ~ 199

Styrienne ~ 211

Swedish Dance (1), (2) and (3) ~ 215

La Tempête (2) ~ 216

The Triumph (3) ~ 218

The Triumph (4) / Lady’s Triumph ~ 222

Triolet (2) ~ 225

Triolet Waltzer ~ 229

Waltz (3) / Valse à deux Temps ~ 235

Waltz (4) / Valse à trois temps ~ 269

Waltz Cotillion ~ 289

Waverley Quadrilles / Quadrille Français (2b) ~ 297

Wiener Waltz ~ 306