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From the Ballroom to Hell: Grace and Folly in Nineteenth-Century Dance

by Elizabeth Aldrich

ISBN13: 9780810109131
ISBN10: 0810109131
Condition: Standard
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'From The Ballroom To Hell' collects over one hundred little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from roughly 1800-1890. It will be of great interest to dancers and dance historians, choreographers, and dramatists interested in accurately reproducing nineteenth-century dance scenes and the surrounding social mechanisms.

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In this entertaining glimpse into the manners and mores of a bygone era, Aldrich collects some 100 little-known excerpts from dance, etiquette, beauty, and fashion manuals from roughly 1800-1890. Included are step-by-step instructions for performing the various quadrilles, minuets, and waltzes, as well as musical scores, costume patterns, and the proper way to hold one's posture, fork, gloves, and fan. An excellent introduction provides the context. With b&w illustrations.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-197) and index.

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ISBN:: 9780810109131
Designed:: Mulvey, Mina
Author:: Mulvey, Mina
Designed by:: Mulvey, Mina
Designed:: Mulvey, Mina
Author:: Aldrich, Elizabeth
Publisher:: Northwestern University Press
Location:: Evanston, Ill. :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Etiquette
Subject:: History
Subject:: Dance - General
Subject:: Dance
Subject:: Sociology
Subject:: Customs & Traditions
Subject:: Social history
Subject:: Dance - Classical
Subject:: Manners and customs
Subject:: Dance - Ballroom
Subject:: Dance -- History -- 19th century.
Subject:: Social history -- 19th century.
Subject:: Dance - Classical & Ballet
Subject:: Dance-Ballet
Edition Description:: 1
Series Volume:: 101-400
Publication Date:: 19911231
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Language:: English
Illustrations:: Yes
Pages:: 225
Dimensions:: 11 x 8.5 x 0.6 in

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