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 X 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'. 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!
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 Part 1: Dance in general (Book29) 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 J… Duncan ~ 33 Cinderella dances ~ 37 Dancing in Scotland ~ 39 France ~ 40 Dance halls ~ 40 The Incoherent balls~ 46 The Opera balls ~ 46 Historical costume balls ~ 48 Central and Northern Europe ~ 50 America ~ 58 The popularity of dancing ~ 58 The critics of dancing ~ 59 Nostalgia and innovation ~ 61 Black dance ~ 62 The West Indies ~ 66 Australia ~ 67 The repertoire in dance manuals ~ 67 Ball programs ~ 70 All sorts of balls ~ 72 The Sydney Exhibition Hall ball of 1879 ~ 74 The Melbourne Exhibition Hall ball 1881 ~ 76 Town Hall balls, such as Adelaide 1893 ~ 80 Balls in illustrations ~ 82 Poland ~ 85 Russia ~ 86 The ball in Anna Karenina ~ 88 Embracing the round dance~ 92 Elsewhere ~ 93 PART 1b: DANCE FORMS ~ 95 The Cotillon ~ 96 In Russia ~ 96 In Germany ~ 96 In France ~ 109 In America ~ 115 In England ~ 121 In Australia ~ 124 Its props and favours ~ 124 Its conducting according to an anonymous French source ~ 127 Its arrangement according to an Italian s...~ 130 Its management according to American s. ~ 130 The Country dance and its relatives ~ 141 The Mazurka ~ 148 In Poland and Russia ~ 148 In the west ~ 153 The Minuet ~ 163 The Polka and Galop ~ 178 The Polka ~ 178 The Galop~ 180 The Polonaise ~ 181 In Poland ~ 181 In Russia ~ 181 In Germany ~ 183 In the west ~ 184 The Quadrille ~ 187 Its step ~ 187 Its mechanism ~ 188 Its leadership ~ 189 Its uses and ‘abuses’ ~ 190 It’s survival ~ 193 The Reel ~ 196 The Schottische and Pas de quatre ~ 197 The Cake Walk ~ 200 The Varsovienna / Varsovianna ~ 207 The Waltz ~ 212 PART 1c: DANCE ELEMENTS ~ 218 Style ~ 219 Changing foot work ~ 221 Arms~ 222 Dress~ 222 Etiquette ~ 224 Satyrical prose ~ 224 Satryrical illustrations~ 225 From dance manuals, 1875-1880~ 232 From dance manuals of the 1880s and 90s~ 235 The dance card~ 241 Honours ~ 247 The man and woman’s honour ~ 247 The honour in context~ 248 Holds and formations ~ 254 Holding hands ~ 254 Positions of the feet~ 254 Couple’s dances~ 255 The Set dances~ 263 Figures ~ 269 Swing ~ 269 French terms~ 270 La contredanse Française main figures~ 273 ...Quadrille finale figures—Rose, Galop~ 276 Steps ~ 281 For travelling in a quadrille ~ 281 For travelling in a reel ~ 282 For setting in a quadrille ~ 283 For setting in a Scotch reel ~ 283 For the essential couple’s dances ~ 284 PART 1d: DANCE TEACHING ~ 286 The Profession ~ 287 Organising the profession ~ 287 Dance teachers~ 288 Dancing masters studios~ 289 Sydney dancing master West~ 292 The rewards and disappointments~ 293 Dance teaching techniques~ 296 Prompting and calling ~ 299 Publications~ 302 Photography~ 304 Anonymous dance works~ 306 Anonymous books ~ 306 Anonymous articles and folios ~ 310 Authored works ~ 311 Allan ~ 311 Anderson ~ 311 Armstrong ~ 312 Baron ~ 312 Beek ~ 313 Bohme ~ 313 Bolze ~ 313 Bonstein ~ 314 Bosshardt-Strübi ~ 314 Busch ~ 314 Carpenter ~ 315 Cartier ~ 316 Chappell ~ 316 Charbonnel ~ 317 Chistjakov ~ 317 Christison ~ 317 Clément ~ 318 Clendenen ~ 319 Cleveland ~ 319 Colles ~ 319 Crompton ~ 320 Czerwinski ~ 320 D’Aquino ~ 321 De’Fiori ~ 321 De Garmo ~ 321 De Soria ~ 322 Desrat ~ 322 Dick ~ 323 Dodworth ~ 324 Élie ~ 325 Elmwell ~ 326 Faulkner ~ 326 Foreman ~ 326 French ~ 327 Gass ~ 327 Gerhardt ~ 327 Gilbert ~ 327 Giraudet ~ 328 Gomme ~ 329 Gott ~ 330 Goul~ 330 Grangier ~ 331 Grant ~ 331 Greene ~ 331 Grove ~ 332 Grover ~ 332 Harvey ~ 333 Hirschfeld-Böhm ~ 333 Howe ~ 333 Klemm ~ 334 Koncen ~ 334 Kopp ~ 334 Lamb ~ 335 Leggett Byrne ~ 335 Lovenberry ~ 336 Lussan-Borel ~ 336 Mahler ~ 337 Paul ~ 337 Perin ~ 338 Radestock ~ 338 Read ~ 338 Reznicek ~ 339 Richer ~ 339 Rivers ~ 339 Roberts ~ 340 Roseri ~ 340 Rossi ~ 340 Sause ~ 341 Schell ~ 341 Schild ~ 341 Scott ~ 341 Segadlo ~ 343 Sherwood ~ 343 Skinner ~ 343 Stilb ~ 344 T. Erp. Sichore ~ 344 Vestris ~ 345 Vuillier ~ 345 Wallner ~ 345 Wilson ~ 346 Wilson ~ 346 Wivell ~ 346 Zorn ~ 347 Wivell ~ 345 Zorn ~ 346 |  Part 2b: Dances in detail A-M (Book 30) The Albert’s (1) ~ 6 The Albert’s (2) ~ 24 Baby Polka / Finger Polka / La Badoise ~ 34 The Berlin Polka / La Berline / Alsatian Polka / Polka Militaire ~ 40 Bohemian Polka / Heel and Toe ~ 59 The Cake Walk~ 63 Charge of the Light Brigade ~ 76 Les Cinq Parties du Monde ~ 87 Combination Polka ~ 97 Coquette (3a&b) / Glide Polka ~ 99 Coquette (4a&b) ~ 102 Cotillon medley with blindfolds~ 105 Le Colin-Maillard ~ 105 Blind Man’s Bluff ~ 106 The Weak leading the Blind ~ 107 Cotillon medley with cards ~ 108 Cotillon medley with 4 chairs facing in ~ 110 The 4 Chairs (The ‘Whirligig’) ~ 110 The Figure 8 ~ 111 The Seated Ladies ~ 112 The Four Corners ~ 113 Cotillon medley with 8 chairs facing out ~ 114 The Gentleman Kneels ~ 114 The Free Chairs ~ 115 Musical chairs ~ 116 Cotillon medley with choice ~ 117 Cotillon with basket, ring & flower ~ 117 The Fan / The Kangarooo ~ 118 Flowers and Animals ~ 120 Blind choice ~ 121 Cotillon medley with circles and columns / Farandole ~ 123 The Reunion ~ 125 The Snail~ 126 The Labyrinth~ 127 The Bridge ~ 128 The Double Serpent ~ 129 The Zigzag ~ 130 The Chain without end ~ 131 The Arch~ 132 Cotillon medley with fans ~ 134 Cotillon L’Eventail ~ 134 Fans in a hat ~ 136 Cotillon with hat and gloves ~ 137 Cotillon with mixing~ 139 The Meeting ~ 139 The Exchange ~ 140 The Pursuit ~ 140 The Serpent ~ 142 The Circles ~ 143 The Winding Alley ~ 144 Repeating / Ending ~ 144 The Arbour~ 145 Cotillon with pairs of props ~ 146 The Circus ~ 146 The Spinning-top~ 147 Cotillon medley with scarves (1) ~ 148 The Twisted Handkerchief ~ 148 The Flying Scarfs ~ 149 The Scarf Cross ~ 149 The Handkerchief Chase~ 150 The Scarfs~ 151 Cotillon medley with scarves (2)~ 153 The Lassoo ~ 153 The Snake ~ 154 Satyrs and Nymphs ~ 155 Cotillon medley with a sheet ~ 156 The Canopy ~ 156 The Mysterious Hands~ 157 Cotillon medley with surprises~ 159 Moulinet Surprise ~ 160 Les Surprises ~ 161 Les Quatre Couples ~ 162 Le Loup ~ 163 Cross Step Polka ~ 164 La Dance Florence / Dashing White Sergeant (2) ~ 166 Double Glide Waltz ~ 172 L’Élégante ~ 173 L’Éxcentrique ~ 175 The Fitzroy Quadrille ~ 176 The Five Step Waltz (3) ~ 188 Galop (2) ~ 192 Galop (3) ~ 196 Galop (4) /Rhein Galop / Danish Waltz / Manchester ~ 199 Ganglovienne / Ostendaise Valsée ~ 203 Gavotte de Pas de Quatre ~ 211 La Giraudette ~ 223 Highland Schottische~ 225 Hongroise (3) / Valse Hongroise ~ 233 Hop Waltz (2) ~ 239 Kreuz Polka ~ 240 The Lancers’ Quadrille (5) / Pirates of Penzance ~ 245 Lancers for 16 (3) ~ 267 Loomis Glide Mazurka ~ 270 Menuet de la cour (2) ~ 274 Menuet de la Cour (3) / ... à la Reine (2) ~ 296 Menuet de la cour Quadrille ~ 306 Military Schottische / Pas de Quatre / Barn Dance ~ 309 |  The Newport ~ 7 Ostendaise ~ 18 Oxford Minuet ~ 34 La Parisienne ~ 40 Pas de trois ~ 47 Pas des Patineurs ~ 50 Polish Galop ~ 60 Polka Mazurka (3) / The Waratah ~ 63 Polka Russe (1) ~ 70 Polka Russe (2) ~ 72 Polka Russe (3) / Troika ~ 87 Le Polo ~ 94 Polonaise (5) / The Grand March ~ 129 Opening circuit~ 129 Column up the middle ~ 129 Passing files ~ 130 Zigzagging Column ~ 131 Into Platoons ~ 132 Reverse Platoon ~ 133 Half Columns ~ 133 Arbour ~ 134 The Serpent / Snail ~ 135 Conclusion—with a waltz ~ 136 Conclusion—with head and side lines ~ 137 The Prince of Wales Schottische ~ 149 Quadrille Classique ~ 153 Quadrille Giraudet ~ 162 Le Quadrille de Jean Gilles ~ 181 Quadrille Français (5) / The Sydney Exhibition Quadrille ~ 191 Quadrille Polo Américain ~ 217 Rédowa (4) / Redowa Waltz ~ 235 La Russe ~ 237 The Russia ~ 241 Sagantina Nancéenne ~ 242 Singing Quadrille / Quadrille Français (6) ~ 249 Sir Roger de Coverley (4b) /Virginia Reel (2) ~ 259 Sir Roger de Coverley (5) ~ 263 Sir Roger de Coverley (6) / Gigue Anglais / Gigue Américaine ~ 272 Stéphanoise ~ 289 La Tempête (5) ~ 291 Waltz Minuet (1) ~ 293 Waltz Minuet (2a&b) ~ 295 |
