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Book/Printed Material How to become successful teachers of the art of dancing, in conjunction with how to manage a favor-german, Art of instructing and the "favor-german"

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Title

  • How to become successful teachers of the art of dancing, in conjunction with how to manage a favor-german,

Other Title

  • Art of instructing and the "favor-german"

Summary

  • Written for teachers of ballroom dance, this manual is illustrated with many diagrams designed to be useful in the classroom. Discussions include how to open a dance class, how to conduct a private lesson, and what to teach. Suggestions on appropriate dances include the mazurka, redowa, and polka. Group dances include descriptions of several figures for the grand march, six figures for the German (also known as the cotillon), and several contra dances.

Names

  • Grant, Horatio N.

Created / Published

  • Buffalo, N.Y. [Kraft & Stern, Printers] c1893.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Study and teaching
  • -  Dance Instruction and Physical Culture

Notes

  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text.

Medium

  • 32 p. diagrs. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .G76

Library of Congress Control Number

  • ca05001942

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division.

Video Performers

Performers for the October 1997 Great Hall event: Dancers

Members of The Jonquil Street Foundation, Inc. Ariane Anthony, Thomas Baird, Barbara Barr, Patricia Beaman, Christopher Caines, Charles Garth, James Martin, Maris Wolff. Musicians - members of The Library of Congress Centennial Cotillion Brass Band, Emerson Head and Robert Sheldon, Leaders (Members, Metro Washington D.C. Federation of Musicians Local 161-710, AFM.)

Performers for the Coolidge Auditorium clips: Dancers

Cheryl Stafford and Thomas Baird. Musicians - Boris Gurevitch (piano), Susan Manus (violin).

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Chicago citation style:

Grant, Horatio N. How to Become Successful Teachers of the Art of Dancing, in Conjunction With How to Manage a Favor-German. [Buffalo, N.Y. Kraft & Stern, Printers, 1893] Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001942/.

APA citation style:

Grant, H. N. (1893) How to Become Successful Teachers of the Art of Dancing, in Conjunction With How to Manage a Favor-German. [Buffalo, N.Y. Kraft & Stern, Printers] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/ca05001942/.

MLA citation style:

Grant, Horatio N. How to Become Successful Teachers of the Art of Dancing, in Conjunction With How to Manage a Favor-German. [Buffalo, N.Y. Kraft & Stern, Printers, 1893] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/ca05001942/>.