Part 1: Dance in General (Book 20) PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 8 England ~ 10 The dances of the common folk ~ 10 The importance of the ballroom ~ 13 The private ball according to Jane Austen ~ 16 Assembly room dancing outside of London—including at Bath ~ 20 Assembly room dancing in London – including at Almack’s ~ 23 Public balls according to Thomas Wilson ~ 29 Dancing in Jane Austen screen adaptations ~ 35 Scotland ~ 39 Ireland ~ 43 Austria to Belgium ~ 48 The folk couples dances ~ 48 Group ballroom dances ~ 48 Vienna—dance halls and Congress of 1814 ~ 50 Outside Brussels—the Duchess of Richmond’s ball ~ 51 France ~ 55 Germany ~ 60 University dance culture ~ 60 Expanding dance culture ~ 61 Changing dance repertoire ~ 62 The winter ball season ~ 65 America ~ 68 The acceptance of dance ~ 68 Regional differences ~ 70 African-American involvement with dance ~ 72 The West Indies ~ 73 Australia ~ 75 Dance among the convicts and ‘lower orders’ of society ~ 75 The transplanting of British Isles traditions ~ 75 A broadening repertoire ~ 76 Poland and Russia ~ 80 Poland ~ 80 Russia ~ 81
PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 84 Allemande ~ 86 Le cotillon / The cotillion dance game ~ 89 The origin ~ 89 The early 1820s ~ 93 The Country Dance ~ 95 Its origin ~ 95 Its variety ~ 97 Its mechanism according to Saltator ~ 99 Its mechanism according to Ivenseen ~ 100 Its mechanism according to Wilson ~ 101 Its mechanism according to Chivers ~ 103 Its mechanism according to the Analysis of the London ball-room ~ 104 Its setting to music ~ 105 Dance and tune medleys ~ 107 Its decline ~ 107 Écossaise ~ 110 Its origin ~ 110 Its popularity in Germany ~ 110 Its popularity in Russia ~ 113 Its formation and mechanism ~ 113 Its speed ~ 118 Its figures ~ 119 Its influence ~ 122 The Finishing dances ~ 124 The whole longways set ~ 124 The whole circle set ~ 125 The cotillon ~ 125 Gavotte ~ 127 The hybrid dances ~ 130 The circular system of English Country dancing ~ 131 The Spanish Dance ~ 132 The Swedish Dance ~ 134 The Mescolanze ~ 135 The Circassian Circle ~ 136 Chivonian Circle ~ 136 The Union Dance / Quadrille country dance ~ 137 The Jig and Hornpipe ~ 138 The Jig ~ 138 The Hornpipe ~ 140 The Mazurka ~ 142 In its rural homeland ~ 142 Ivensenn ~ 143 After the Napoleonic Wars ~ 146 The Minuet ~ 147 In England ~ 147 In Scotland ~ 149 In Ireland ~ 150 In America ~ 151 In Scandinavia ~ 152 The Minuet in double time ~ 152 The Polonaise ~ 154 In Poland ~ 154 In Russia ~ 155 To the West ~ 157 The Quadrille ~ 159 Its origins and first devotees ~ 159 Its form ~ 162 Its stepping ~ 165 Its debut in England and Scotland ~ 167 Its diversification ~ 172 Quadrilling it ~ 174 The Scotch Reel ~ 181 In Scotland ~ 181 In England ~ 181 The Waltz ~ 185 Its arrival in France ~ 185 Its arrival in England ~ 190 Its arrival in Scotland ~ 196 Its arrival in America ~ 197 Its arrival in Australia ~ 197
PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 199 Style ~ 200 Deportment ~ 200 Management of arms and hands ~ 203 A new naturalism ~ 204 Knowing appropriate steps ~ 205 Shunning exhibitionism ~ 207 The reality of the ballroom ~ 211 Etiquette ~ 216 Precedence ~ 216 Lady first ~ 216 Civility ~ 216 Ballroom rules ~ 219 Honours ~ 223 The bow and courtesy ~ 223 Honours in country dances and quadrilles ~ 225 Putting on and taking off the hat ~ 226 Holds and positions ~ 227 Turn out ~ 227 Five positions ~ 228 Standing ~ 230 Carriage of the arms ~ 230 Couples dance arm holds ~ 233 Formations ~ 234 The Quadrille ~ 234 The longways set ~ 236 Couples ~ 241 The new ‘hybrid’ formations ~ 241 Figures in general ~ 243 In the Country Dance ~ 243 In the Quadrille ~ 247 In the Écossaise ~ 250 In Waltz Country dances ~ 253 In the Spanish Dance ~ 253 In the Mescolanzes ~ 256 In the Union danses ~ 257 Meaning in figure arrangement ~ 257 Figure glossary ~ 259 Across Parallels ~ 259 À Droite et à Gauche / Chassez-dechassez ~ 259 À Droite sur les Côtes ~ 263 Allemande ~ 263 Back to Back / Dos à Dos ~ 266 Back / Retreat and Advance ~ 268 Balancé ~ 269 Cast off ~ 269 Chaîne Anglaise ~ 271 Chain / Chaîne for 8 or more ~ 271 Chain for 6 / Chaîne en six ~ 273 Chain for four (snowballed) ~ 274 Chaînes des Dames ~ 274 Change corners / Change over ~ 274 Change sides ~ 274 Change Places ~ 275 Chase ~ 275 Chassé à droite / à gauche / dechassé ~ 276 Chassé Crois(s)é ~ 276 Chassé out / Chassé ouvert ~ 280 Circle ~ 281 Contra corners ~ 281 Crossing Over 1 or 2 couples ~ 281 Dechassé ~ 284 Demi Promenade ~ 284 Down the middle ~ 284 Dos-à-dos ~ 284 En Avant et en Arrière ~ 284 En Avant les Huits ~ 285 Figure / Figure of eight ~ 285 Forward and Back / En Avant et en Arrière ~ 287 Forward all Eight / En Avant les Huit ~ 290 Grand Square ~ 291 Grand Rond / Ronde en huit ~ 291 Gypsy~ 291 Half Promenade / Queue de chat ~ 292 Hands across / Moulinet ~ 293 Hands round / Rond~ 294 Hands four / hands four round / circle ~ 294 Hands three / Rond de Trois ~ 295 Hands six / circle ~ 297 Hey ~ 297 Half-moon / Horseshoe ~ 297 Ladies’ Chain / Chaîne des Dames ~ 299 Lead around ~ 301 Lead down and back ~ 302 Lead outside ~ 307 Lines / Les Lignes ~ 308 Moulinet (Le) ~ 308 Petit tour ~ 308 Pirouette ~ 308 Porte d’Honneur ~ 308 Poussette ~ 309 Promenade / La promenade / Queue du chat ~ 311 Right and Left / Chaîne Anglaise ~ 314 Set / Setting / Balancer ~ 320 Set and change places ~ 328 Set and change sides / set and cross through ~ 328 Set contrary corners ~ 329 Set between two... ~ 330 Set four in line / Balancez quatre en ligne ~ 330 Set three in place and three across ~ 331 Set to the 2nd and turn the 3rd / Baulking ~ 331 Swing ~ 332 Swing corners ~ 332 Swing round / Swing with right hand then with left ~ 332 Le Tiroir / Les Tiroirs / Small Square / Double Square ~ 333 Tour de Mains ~ 334 Tour sur place ~ 334 Traversez ~ 334 Turn with both hands / Tour de Mains ~ 337 To the Right and to the Left ~ 338 To the Sides / À Droite sur les Côtes ~ 338 Traverser ~ 339 Turn corners ~ 339 Turn right hand / Turn left hand / La Main / Swing ~ 340 Visiting the set ~ 341 Waltzing in a set ~ 342 Steps in general ~ 343 Steps for country dance ~ 347 Kattfuss 1800 ~ 347 Mädel 1805 ~ 348 Ivensenn 1806 ~ 351 Wilson 1810-1820~ 352 Steps in Ecossaises ~ 355 Kattfuss 1800 & 1802 ~ 355 Mädel 1805 ~ 358 Ivensenn 1806 ~ 359 Steps used in Quadrilles ~ 362 Step glossary ~ 364 Assemblé ~ 364 Balancé ~ 366 Ballonné ~ 366 Balloté ~ 366 Battement ~ 366 Bending / Plié ~ 368 Bourrée ~ 369 Change of feet / Changement de jambe / Cross spring ~ 369 Chassé ~ 372 Contretems / Contretemps ~ 375 Coupé ~ 376 Entrechat ~ 376 Eschappé / Flic Flac / Fosgladh~ 377 Flic Flac / Fosgladh ~ 378 Glissade ~ 378 Jeté ~ 380 Kemkossy- minor / Forçepas / Back-skipping ~ 383 Kemkossy- single & double / Balançepas / Double Irish footing ~ 384 Kemshoole / Pas sauté / Schottische step ~ 386 Minuet (Pas de) ~ 388 Pas de basque ~ 388 Pirouette ~ 389 Rond de Jambe ~ 390 Running footing ~ 391 Seby-trast ~ 391 Sissone ~ 391 Temps Levé ~ 393 Temps de Courante ~ 394 Walking / Pas marché ~ 395 Zephyr (Pas de) ~ 396
PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 398 Dance teaching and leading ~ 399 Dance classes for children ~ 399 Dance classes for adults ~ 403 The changing repertoire ~ 406 The different types of dancing masters—case study of Ireland ~ 408 The teachers of dubious quality ~ 410 The teachers of quality ~ 413 Visual aids ~ 416 Calling ~ 418 In country dances ~ 418 In cotillions and quadrilles ~ 419 Publication and Notation ~ 423 Publication ~ 423 Notation ~ 424 Dance notebook – Stender 1818 ~ 426 Anonymous works and collections ~ 432 Anonymous books ~ 432 Beckers Taschenbuch zum geselligen Vergnügen ~ 433 Other publisher collections ~ 435 Manuscripts ~ 437 Authors and their works ~ 438 Bigatti ~ 438 Blanchard ~ 438 Blasis ~ 438 Campbell ~ 439 Cherry ~ 440 Charpentier ~ 440 Chivers ~ 440 Clarchies ~ 442 Collinet ~ 442 Dun ~ 443 Duval ~ 443 Gergoux ~ 444 Gourdoux-Daux ~ 444 Hart ~ 445 Ivensenn ~ 446 Jenkins ~ 446 Kattfuß ~ 447 Länger ~ 448 Lauchery ~ 448 Lowe ~ 449 Lund ~ 449 Mädel ~ 450 Moreau de Saint-Méry ~ 450 Nichols ~ 450 Noke ~ 451 Paine ~ 451 Payne ~ 454 Peacock ~ 455 Rice ~ 456 Roller ~ 456 Rosenhain ~ 456 Saltator ~ 456 Schaffer ~ 457 Simonet ~ 457 Stender ~ 457 Strathy ~ 458 Thompson ~ 458 Voiart ~ 458 Wills ~ 459 Wilson ~ 459 | ![]() 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) ~ 23 La Batteuse ~ 26 The Battle of Leipzig ~ 40 La Belle Annette & La Batteuse Country d. ~ 41 Butter’d Pease (2) ~ 45 The Caledonian Quadrille ~ 47 Carillon (2) / Le Carillon de Dunkerque ~ 70 The Chase (1) ~ 82 Circassian Circle (1)—Chivers’ ~ 83 Clasemont or Miss Caroline Morris ~ 87 College Hornpipe ~ 90 The Comet ~ 94 Contre-Ecossaise ~ 96 Conversation (1) & (2) ~ 99 Le Cotillon 1820 (Lauchery) ~ 115 Le Cotillon 1823 (Lauchery) ~ 125 Le Cotillon 1823 (Collinet) ~ 140 Countess of Yarmouth’s Fancy ~ 160 Country Bumpkin (2) ~ 162 Country Bumpkin (3) ~ 165 The Cushion Dance (2) ~ 167 The Cushion Dance (3) / Der Polstertanz ~ 172 The Czar ~ 174 Damen Verein ~ 175 The De’il among the Tailors ~ 180 Downfall of Paris ~ 182 Drops of Brandy ~ 191 The Duke of Kent’s Waltz ~ 194 Dutch Dollars ~ 199 Ecossaise mit 2 Colonnen ~ 200 Elegance and Simplicity ~ 204 L’Été (2) ~ 206 The Fair Circassian ~ 208 The Fairy Dance ~ 209 Française en rond ~ 211 Francaise royal ~ 216 The Good Girl ~ 220 The Graces ~ 223 Großvater (1)—Gergoux ~ 226 Großvater (2) / Le Grand-père (Collinet) ~ 238 Haste to the Wedding ~ 250 Highland Laddie (1) ~ 252 Highland Laddie (2, 3 & 4) ~ 254 Highland Laddie & Mr Chivers’ Fancy ~ 256 Les Hussars ~ 258 Isabella (1) ~ 272 Isabella (2) ~ 273 Italian Monfrina (1) ~ 275 Italian Monfrina (2) ~ 277 Joan’s Placket (2a & b) ~ 279 La Josephine ~ 281 Juliana (1 & 2) ~ 283 Juliana (3) ~ 285 Juliana (4 & 5) ~ 288 Jumping Joan (3a&b) ~ 291 Kattfuß’s Ecossoise no. 1 ~ 292 Keraus ~ 294 Kreuz-Ecossaisen ~ 300 Lady Caroline Lee’s Waltz (1) ~ 306 Lady Caroline Lee’s Waltz (2) ~ 309 The Lancers Quadrille (1) / Les Lanciers (1) ~ 311 The Lancers Quadrille (2) / Duval Lancers ~ 320 The Lancers Quadrille (3) / Hart Lancers ~ 347 Les Lanciers (2) / Les Lanciers for 16 ~ 363 Les Lanciers (3) / Les L. (country dance) ~ 367 Länger’s Ecossaise no.1 ~ 371 Lauchery’s Ecossaise for 1823 ~ 377
| 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) ~ 32 The Moscovians ~ 34 Mr Chivers’ Fancy (1, 2, 3 and 4) ~ 40 Mr Turner’s Academy Cotillion ~ 43 La Napoléon ~ 46 National Waltz ~ 49 National Waltz and Highland Laddie ~ 52 Nichols’ Favorite ~ 54 Pantalon (1a&b), (2) & (3) ~ 56 Pleasures of the Town (2) ~ 59 Polonaise (3) / La Grande Polonaise ~ 61 La Poule (1) ~ 72 La Poule (2a) ~ 74 La Poule (2b, c, d) ~ 75 La Poule (3a&b) ~ 79 The Prisoner (1) & (2) ~ 81 Quadrille Français (1) / Simonet’s ~ 84 Quadrille Français (2a) / Paine’s 1st Set ~ 113 Quadrille Français (2a) for 12 or 16 ~ 145 Rond(e) de Rocha(t) ~ 151 The Russian Ambassador’s Waltz ~ 165 Russian Dance (1), (2) and (3) ~ 169 Russian Dance and Morgiana in Ireland ~ 173 Scotch Reel of 3 & of 4 ~ 175 Scotch Reel of 5 (1a&b) ~ 185 Scotch Reel of 5 (2) ~ 189 Scotch Reel of 6 (1a,b&c)~ 190 Scotch Reel of 6 (2) ~ 194 Sicilian Dance (1) & (2) ~ 197 Sir Roger de Coverley (2a) ~ 199 Sir Roger de Coverley (3) / Haymakers ~ 207 Soldier’s Joy (2a&b) ~ 214 Spanish Dance (1a&b) / The Guaracha ~ 216 La Tempête (1 a, b, c, d & e) ~ 218 Triolet (1) ~ 241 The Triumph (1b&c, 2) ~ 246 La Trompeuse ~ 251 Tyrolese Waltz and Isabella ~ 254 The Union Waltz ~ 256 La Valse en Cotillon ~ 258 La Vinetta ~ 260 The Volga ~ 262 Waltz (1) / French Waltzing ~ 264 Waltz (2) / German Waltzing / Drehen ~ 287 Waltz in the Russian style ~ 296 Wechsel-Waltzer ~ 300 Wilson’s Quadrilles ~ 304 |
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Dancing through the Ages 1800-1825
Dancing through the Ages (October, 2020) is a 10,800 page work offering background on, reconstruction of, and chorded music for nearly 1,000 dances from between from 1400 to 1900, as well as extensive notes analysing links between these dances, the evolution of dance forms, movement ideas and notation systems through this 500 period, and the changing nature of ball culture and dance sources in countries across the old and new word. The whole is supported by thousands of quotations, diagrams and illustrations from original sources.
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