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Elements and principles of the art of dancing, as used in the polite and fashionable circles: also rules of deportment and descriptions of manners of civility, appertaining to that art: from the French of J.H.G. ... by V.G. ...

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
J. H. G. (J. H. Gourdoux-Daux)
Standardized Title:
Principes et notions élémentaires sur l'art de la danse. English
Language:
English
French
Subjects (All):
Quadrille (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Quadrille (Dance).
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Physical Description:
93 pages 18 cm
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, Printed by J.F. Hurtel, 1817.
Summary:
A translation of Gourdoux-Daux's Principes de la danse (Paris, 1804 and 1811), this manual is important for its description of steps and step sequences appropriate in the performance of the popular ballroom dance, the quadrille (called cotilion by the author). The quadrille is a series of figures, organized into sets and performed by sets of four couples. The manual begins with discussions on deportment and positions, and continues with descriptions of various steps including assemblé, jeté, echappé, chassé, and glissadé. Step combinations are given for nineteen quadrille figures, such as "right and left," "hands round," "English chain," "ladies' chain," and "balancé."
Local Notes:
HSP copy on deposit in the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Cited in:
Shaw & Sho
OCLC:
5128413

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