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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals


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Metodicheskoe rukovodstvo k obuchenīiu tantsam v sredne-uchebnykh zavedenīiakh : s prilozhenīem rukovodstva dlia dirizherov s 157-iu figurami dlia kadrilia, mazurki, val'sa, pol'ki i kotil'ona : posobīe dlia uchitelei tantsev v kadetskikh korpusakh / sostavil A.D. Chistiakov.

Chistiakov, A. D. (Aleksandr Dmitrīevich)

CREATED/PUBLISHED
S.-Peterburg : [s.n.], 1893.

SUMMARY
This is an important Russian manual describing social dance practices including descriptions of the basic movements and positions used in ballroom dance and various dance types including the polka, waltz, and mazurka. The book incorporates a discussion of dance instruction in athletic programs and for young men in military academies. Numerous photographs enhance the manual.

NOTES
LC copy purchased from Gennadii Vasil'evich Yudin, 1906.

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

MEDIUM
189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .C43

DIGITAL ID
musdi 042 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.042

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