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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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The dancer's guide and ball-room companion.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
New York, Frank M. Reed [c1874]

SUMMARY
This manual is a compilation of previously published materials. The guide begins with a brief description of the necessary arrangements for a ball, appropriate dress for men and women, and ballroom etiquette. The work continues with dances such as the quadrille, waltz, varsoviana, polka, schottisch, "Cellarius Waltz," and dances for larger groups of dancers--"Spanish Dance," "La Tempete," and "Sir Roger de Coverley."

SUBJECTS
Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.

MEDIUM
27 p. 15 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .D17

DIGITAL ID
musdi 009 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.009

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