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An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals

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Prof. M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide; to which is added a sensible guide to etiquette and deportment in the ball and assembly room. Ladies toilet, gentleman's dress, etc. etc. and general information for dancers ...

Koncen, M. J. (Mathias J.)

OTHER TITLES
Professor M. J. Koncen's quadrille call book and ball room guide

Quadrille call book and ball room guide

CREATED/PUBLISHED
St. Louis, Press of S. F. Brearley & Co. [c1883]

SUMMARY
This manual is a compilation of previously published materials and includes standard advice on etiquette and dress. Dances include the grand march, quadrilles, and numerous round dances such as the waltz, glide waltz, Boston dip, society waltz, knickerbocker waltz, and the Newport. The popular series of party games called the German (also known as the cotillon) is given sixty-eight figures, and other group dances include the "Virginia Reel."

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

MEDIUM
125 p. illus. 20 cm.

CALL NUMBER
GV1751 .K82

DIGITAL ID
musdi 109 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.109

RELATED DIGITAL ITEMS
(Video clip for p. 15) - Grand March
(Video clip for p. 97) - The Fan, from the German
(Video clip for p. 99) - Blind Man's Buff, from the German
(Video clip for p. 99) - Blind Man's Buff, from the German
(Video clip for p. 113) - The Rope, from the German

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