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Research
& How To
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> Dancing
Popular
Dance in the Mid 19th Century:
Hey, I think I've danced with that guy!
(From period sheet music,
"The Hippotamus Polka")
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Key
Off-Site Links:
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Articles /
Resources On Other Sites,
By Topic:
- Library
of Congress: An
American Ballroom Companion
(database of texts of dance manuals)
- Victorian
Dance Ensemble
(Gettysburg / Harrisburg based)
- Sue & Jim Mohring's 2nd Delaware Civilians Website contains most
of the links they used to have on their 19th century dance
website: schedule of events, links to dance groups' websites, lists of
period bands, dance masters, etc.
- Vintage
Dance Links
from VintageVictorian.com
- The
Dance Card Museum
(mostly post-our Era but still interesting)
- Commonwealth
Vintage Dancers
(Massachussetts based) Their "Ball in a Box" -- period dance music
CD and accompanying dance
manual,
explains several dances and also gives figures for most. Very
useful website.
- "What
Shall I Wear To the Ball?"
-- article on Kay Gnagey's website about clothing worn for balls,
dances and other evening entertainment (lots of primary source
documentation). See also her article in the June 2003 Citizens'
Companion.
- Society
of Dance Links Page
for 18th and 19th centuries
BIBLIOGRAPHY &
FILMOGRAPHY: Period Dance:
- Victorian
Dance Ensemble Period Dance Instruction
Video: (shows most of the most commonly performed figure dances)
- Dancetime
Publications video, "How to Dance Through Time":
The Romance of Mid 19th Century Couple Dances. (there's also a
QuickTime video clip on the site). Shows the waltz, polka, etc.,
nice complement to the Victorian Dance Ensemble video which shows
reels, quadrilles, the Schottish, Spanish Dance, etc.
- From
the Ballroom To Hell, Grace and Folly in 19th Century
Dance
- Hillgrove's
Ballroom Companion (reprinted by Sullivan Press)
- Beadle's
Dime Guide (reprinted by Sullivan Press)
- The
Fashionable Dancer's Casket (Glenna
Jo Christen carries this)
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