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Book/Printed Material The dance of modern society

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Title

  • The dance of modern society

Summary

  • Unlike many other nineteenth-century antidance writers who base their arguments on Scripture, Wilkinson asks that his readers formulate their opinions on reason, conscience, and common sense. In fact, Wilkinson argues that he is not an enemy of dance and declares it to be perfectly innocent. His argument is against the "modern manner of dancing" that requires expensive clothing and the "massing together of a jostling crowd of mute or merely gibbering animals." Thus, he summarizes, dancing does nothing to "enhance the intellectual improvement of society."

Names

  • Wilkinson, William Cleaver, 1833-1920

Created / Published

  • New York, Oakley, Mason & Co., 1869.

Headings

  • -  Dance--Moral and ethical aspects
  • -  Antidance Literature

Notes

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

Medium

  • 77 p. 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GV1741 .W68

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05028759

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:

Wilkinson, William Cleaver. The Dance of Modern Society. New York, Oakley, Mason & Co, 1869. Image. https://www.loc.gov/item/05028759/.

APA citation style:

Wilkinson, W. C. (1869) The Dance of Modern Society. New York, Oakley, Mason & Co. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05028759/.

MLA citation style:

Wilkinson, William Cleaver. The Dance of Modern Society. New York, Oakley, Mason & Co, 1869. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05028759/>.