 Part 1: Dance in general (Book29) PART 1a: DANCE CONTEXT ~ 7 Britain ~ 9 Rural dances ~ 10 The State ball ~ 12 Public assembly room dancing ~ 13 The ball at home ~ 16 The special balls ~ 20 Leap year balls ~ 26 Picnic balls ~ 27 Fancy dress ~ 27 The Calico ball ~ 29 The private ball with new dance display~ 31 The ball according to Sara Jeanette Duncan ~ 33 Cinderella dances ~ 37 Dancing in Scotland ~ 38 France ~ 40 Dance halls ~ 40 The Incoherent balls ~ 46 The Opera balls ~ 46 Historical costume balls ~ 49 Central and Northern Europe ~ 51 Balls for all levels of society ~ 51 The torch dance ~ 55 The cushion dance ~ 57 The costumed ball ~ 58 The ‘Ragged’ ball ~ 59 America ~ 60 The popularity of dancing ~ 60 The critics of dancing ~ 61 Nostalgia and innovation ~ 64 Black dance ~ 64 The West Indies ~ 68 Australia ~ 69 The repertoire in dance manuals ~ 69 Concordance of dance manual repertoire ~ 72 Ball programs ~ 74 All sorts of balls ~ 77 The Sydney Exhibition Hall ball of 1879 ~ 79 The Melbourne Exhibition Hall ball of 1881 ~ 80 Town Hall balls, such as Adelaide 1893 ~ 85 Balls in illustrations ~ 86 Poland ~ 89 Russia ~ 90 The ball in Anna Karenina ~ 92 Embracing the round dance ~ 96 Elsewhere ~ 97
PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 99 The Cotillon ~ 100 In Russia ~ 100 In Germany ~ 100 In France ~ 113 In America ~ 119 In England ~ 125 In Australia ~ 127 Its props and favours ~ 128 Its conducting according to an anonymous French source ~ 130 Its arrangement according to an Italian source ~ 133 Its management according to American sources ~ 134 The Country dance and its relatives ~ 144 The whole-set ‘finishing dance’ ~ 144 The hybrid country dance ~ 148 The longways proper country dance ~ 149 The Mazurka ~ 152 In Poland and Russia ~ 152 In the west ~ 157 The Minuet ~ 167 The Polka and Galop ~ 182 The Polka ~ 182 The Galop ~ 184 The Polka and Galop’s changing role ~ 184 The ‘brief-footing’ Polka family~ 185 The Princess Polka ~ 186 The Polonaise ~ 189 In Poland ~ 189 In Russia ~ 189 In Germany ~ 192 In the west ~ 193 The Quadrille ~ 195 Its step ~ 195 Its mechanism ~ 196 Its leadership ~ 197 Its uses and ‘abuses’ ~ 198 It’s survival ~ 201 The Reel ~ 204 The Schottische and Pas de quatre ~ 205 The popularization of Schottische variants ~ 206 Iolanthe ~ 210 The Cake-Walk ~ 221 The Varsovienna / Varsovianna ~ 228 The Waltz ~ 233
PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 239 Style ~ 240 Changing foot work ~ 242 Arms ~ 243 Dress ~ 243 Etiquette ~ 245 Satyrical prose ~ 245 Satryrical illustrations ~ 246 From dance manuals, 1875-1880 ~ 253 From dance manuals of the 1880s and 90s~ 256 The dance card ~ 262 Honours ~ 268 The man and woman’s honour ~ 268 The honour in context ~ 269 Holds and formations ~ 275 Holding hands ~ 275 Positions of the feet ~ 275 Couple’s dances ~ 276 The Set dances ~ 284 Figures ~ 290 Swing ~ 290 French terms ~ 291 La contredanse Française main figures ~ 294 La contredanse Française / Quadrille finale figures—Rose, Galop etc ~ 297 Steps ~ 302 For travelling in a quadrille ~ 302 For travelling in a reel ~ 303 For setting in a quadrille ~ 303 For setting in a Scotch reel ~ 304 For the essential couple’s dances ~ 305
PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 307 The Profession ~ 308 Organising the profession ~ 308 Dance teachers ~ 309 Dancing masters studios ~ 310 Sydney dancing master West ~ 313 The rewards and disappointments ~ 314 Dance teaching techniques ~ 317 Prompting and calling ~ 320 Publications ~ 323 Photography ~ 325 Anonymous dance works ~ 327 Anonymous books ~ 327 Anonymous articles and folios ~ 331 Authored works ~ 332 Allan ~ 332 Anderson ~ 332 Armstrong ~ 333 Baron ~ 333 Beek ~ 334 Bohme ~ 334 Bolze ~ 335 Bonstein ~ 335 Bosshardt-Strübi ~ 335 Busch ~ 336 Carpenter ~ 336 Cartier ~ 337 Chappell ~ 338 Charbonnel ~ 338 Chistjakov ~ 339 Christison ~ 339 Clément ~ 340 Clendenen ~ 340 Cleveland ~ 341 Colles ~ 341 Crompton ~ 341 Czerwinski ~ 342 D’Aquino ~ 343 De’Fiori ~ 343 De Garmo ~ 343 De Soria ~ 344 Desrat ~ 344 Dick ~ 345 Dodworth ~ 346 Élie ~ 347 Elmwell ~ 348 Faulkner ~ 348 Foreman ~ 348 French ~ 349 Gass ~ 349 Gerhardt ~ 349 Gilbert ~ 350 Giraudet ~ 350 Gomme ~ 352 Gott ~ 352 Gould ~ 353 Grangier ~ 353 Grant ~ 353 Greene ~ 353 Grove ~ 354 Grover ~ 354 Harvey ~ 355 Hirschfeld-Böhm ~ 355 Howe ~ 355 Klemm ~ 356 Koncen ~ 356 Kopp ~ 356 Lamb ~ 357 Leggett Byrne ~ 357 Lovenberry ~ 358 Lussan-Borel ~ 358 Mahler ~ 359 Paul ~ 359 Perin ~ 360 Radestock ~ 360 Read ~ 360 Reznicek ~ 361 Richer ~ 361 Rivers ~ 362 Roberts ~ 362 Roseri ~ 362 Rossi ~ 363 Sause ~ 363 Schell ~ 363 Schild ~ 363 Scott ~ 364 Segadlo ~ 365 Sherwood ~ 365 Skinner ~ 365 Stilb ~ 366 T. Erp. Sichore ~ 367 Vestris ~ 367 Vuillier ~ 367 Wallner ~ 368 Wilson ~ 368 Wilson ~ 368 Wivell ~ 368 Zorn ~ 369 |  Part 2b: Dances in detail A-M (Book 30) The Albert’s (1) ~ 6 The Albert’s (2) ~ 25 Asher’s Minuet ~ 36 Baby Polka / Finger Polka / La Badoise ~ 44 The Berlin Polka / La Berline / Alsatian Polka / Polka Militaire ~ 50 Bohemian Polka / Heel and Toe ~ 69 The Boston-Ball / Waltz Futsal~ 73 The Cake Walk ~ 84 Charge of the Light Brigade ~ 97 Les Cinq Parties du Monde ~ 108 Circassian Circle (4) — Lovenberry’s ~ 118 Combination Polka ~ 124 Coquette (3a&b) / Glide Polka ~ 126 Coquette (4a&b) ~ 129 Cotillon medley with blindfolds ~ 132 Le Colin-Maillard ~ 132 Blind Man’s Bluff ~ 133 The Weak leading the Blind ~ 134 Cotillon medley with cards ~ 135 The Cards—1 ~ 135 The Cards—2 ~ 135 The Cards—3 ~ 136 Cotillon medley with 4 chairs facing in ~ 137 The 4 Chairs (The ‘Whirligig’) ~ 137 The Figure 8 ~ 138 The Seated Ladies ~ 139 The Four Corners ~ 140 Cotillon medley with 8 chairs facing out ~ 141 The Gentleman Kneels ~ 141 The Free Chairs ~ 142 Musical chairs ~ 143 Cotillon medley with choice ~ 144 Cotillon with basket, ring & flower ~ 144 Flowers and Animals ~ 145 Blind choice ~ 146 Cotillon medley with circles and columns / Farandole ~ 148 The Reunion ~ 150 The Snail ~ 151 The Labyrinth ~ 152 The Bridge ~ 153 The Double Serpent ~ 153 The Zigzag ~ 154 The Chain without end ~ 155 The Arch ~ 156 Cotillon medley with fans ~ 158 The Fan / The Kangarooo ~ 158 Cotillon L’Eventail ~ 160 Fans in a hat ~ 162 Cotillon medley with scarves (1) ~ 163 The Twisted Handkerchief ~ 163 The Flying Scarfs ~ 164 The Scarf Cross ~ 164 The Handkerchief Chase ~ 165 The Scarfs ~ 166 Cotillon medley with scarves (2) ~ 168 The Lassoo ~ 168 The Snake ~ 169 Satyrs and Nymphs ~ 170 Cotillon medley with a sheet ~ 171 The Canopy ~ 171 The Mysterious Hands ~ 172 Cotillon medley with surprises~ 174 Moulinet Surprise ~ 175 Les Surprises ~ 176 Les Quatre Couples ~ 177 Le Loup / The Wolf ~ 178 Cotillons with hat and gloves ~ 179 Cotillons with mixing ~ 181 The Meeting ~ 181 The Exchange ~ 182 The Pursuit ~ 182 The Serpent ~ 183 The Circles ~ 184 The Winding Alley ~ 185 Repeating / Ending ~ 185 The Arbour ~ 186 Cotillons with other props ~ 187 The Circus ~ 187 The Spinning-top ~ 188 The team ~ 189 Cross Step Polka ~ 190 La Dance Florence / Dashing White Sergeant (2) ~ 192 Double Glide Waltz ~ 198 L’Élégante ~ 199 L’Éxcentrique ~ 200 The Fitzroy Quadrille ~ 201 The Five Step Waltz (3) ~ 214 Galop (2) ~ 218 Galop (3) ~ 222 Galop (4) / Rhein Galop / Danish Waltz / Manchester ~ 225 Ganglovienne / Ostendaise Valsée ~ 229 Gavotte du Pas de Quatre ~ 237 La Giraudette ~ 249 Greensleeves ~ 250 Highland Schottische ~ 253 Hongroise (3) / Valse Hongroise ~ 261 Hop Waltz (2) ~ 267 Kreuz Polka ~ 268 The Lancers’ Quadrille (5) / Pirates of Penzance ~ 273 Lancers for 16 (3) ~ 295 Loomis Glide Mazurka ~ 298 Menuet de la cour (2) ~ 302 Menuet de la Cour (3) / ... à la Reine (2) ~ 325 Menuet de la cour Quadrille ~ 335 Military Schottische / Pas de Quatre / Barn Dance ~ 338 |  New Lancers (2- Crompton’s) ~ 6 The Newport ~ 16 Ostendaise ~ 27 Oxford Minuet ~ 42 La Parisienne ~ 48 Pas de trois ~ 56 Pas des Patineurs ~ 62 Polish Galop ~ 72 Polka Mazurka (3) / The Waratah ~ 75 Polka Piquée (1), (2) & (3) ~ 82 Polka Russe (1) ~ 86 Polka Russe (2) ~ 88 Polka Russe (3) / Troika ~ 102 Le Polo ~ 109 Polonaise (5) / The Grand March ~ 158 Opening circuit~ 158 Column up the middle ~ 158 Passing files ~ 159 Zigzagging Column ~ 160 Into Platoons ~ 161 Reverse Platoon ~ 162 Half Columns ~ 162 Arbour ~ 163 The Serpent / Snail ~ 164 Conclusion—with a waltz ~ 165 Conclusion—with head and side lines ~ 166 The Prince of Wales Schottische ~ 178 Quadrille Classique ~ 182 Le Quadrille de Jean Gilles ~ 191 Quadrille Giraudet ~ 201 Quadrille Français (5) / The Sydney Exhibition Quadrille ~ 220 Quadrille Polo Américain ~ 252 Rédowa (4) / Redowa Waltz ~ 270 Reel of Nine (2) ~ 272 La Russe ~ 275 The Russia ~ 279 Sagantina Nancéenne ~ 281 Singing Quadrille / Quadrille Français (6) ~ 288 Sir Roger de Coverley (4b) / Virginia Reel (2) ~ 298 Sir Roger de Coverley (5a&b) ~ 302 Sir Roger de Coverley (6) / Gigue Anglais / Gigue Américaine ~ 315 Spanish Waltz (3) ~ 332 Stéphanoise ~ 337 The Tantivy ~ 339 La Tempête (5) ~ 351 Waltz (6 a&b) / The Boston / Boston Dip ~ 353 a) The Glide or Boston ~ 353 b) The Boston Dip ~ 355 Waltz Minuet (1-Gilbert’s) ~ 364 Waltz Minuet (2- Crompton’s) ~ 366 |
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Dancing through the Ages 1875-1900
Dancing through the Ages is an 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.
The work is broken into 31 books, each of between 300 and 460 (average 350) double-sided A4 pages. After the 'Orientation and Overview' book 1, the work is organised into ten 'Volumes', each of 3 books.
Each 3-book Volume is devoted to a particular period and consists of 1,000 plus 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.
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Below are the front covers and contents of the three books that constitute Volume X in the series.
