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Book/Printed Material Powell's art of dancing; or, Dancing made easy. For the use of schools Art of dancing / Dancing made easy

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Title

  • Powell's art of dancing; or, Dancing made easy. For the use of schools

Other Title

  • Art of dancing
  • Dancing made easy

Summary

  • In an attempt to inspire his readers who were located far from the United States' urban, eastern cultural centers, Powell notes that dance "has not improved, except in the larger cities." Of primary interest is the author's dance notation, a type of shorthand that he utilized to describe bows, curtsies, and quadrilles.

Names

  • Powell, R.

Created / Published

  • Louisville, Ky., Harney, Hughes & Hughes, Printers, 1848.

Headings

  • -  Ballroom dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc
  • -  Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals
  • -  Notation for Dance

Notes

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

Medium

  • 38 p. incl. 2 pl. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1751 .P88

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05029191

Online Format

  • image

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The accompanying videos were produced by the Library of Congress. Note Video Performers for additional credits for video performers.

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:

Powell, R. Powell's art of dancing; or, Dancing made easy. For the use of schools. Louisville, Ky., Harney, Hughes & Hughes, Printers, 1848. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/05029191/.

APA citation style:

Powell, R. (1848) Powell's art of dancing; or, Dancing made easy. For the use of schools. Louisville, Ky., Harney, Hughes & Hughes, Printers. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05029191/.

MLA citation style:

Powell, R. Powell's art of dancing; or, Dancing made easy. For the use of schools. Louisville, Ky., Harney, Hughes & Hughes, Printers, 1848. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05029191/>.