Esther Happy
Esther Happy

Author: Honoré de Balzac

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-04-10

Total Pages: 143

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"Esther Happy" is one of the four parts of the serial novel, "The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans (also known as, "A Harlot High and Low,") a novel by French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Lucien de Rubempré and Carlos Herrera (Vautrin) have made a pact, in which Lucien will arrive at success in Paris if he agrees to follow Vautrin's instructions blindly. Esther van Gobseck throws a wrench into Vautrin's best-laid plans, however, because Lucien falls in love with her and she with him. One night, however, the incredibly rich banker Baron de Nucingen spots Esther and falls deeply in love with her. When Vautrin realizes that Nucingen's obsession is with Esther, he decides to use her power as a tool to help advance Lucien by extrapolating the maximum amount of money from the Baron as possible. Something that will result in a series of tragic results...

Dancing, as a Means of Physical Education
Dancing, as a Means of Physical Education

Author: Mrs. Alfred Webster

Publisher:

Published: 1851

Total Pages: 66

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In her strong defense of dance and its application to female physical education, Mrs. Webster declares that dancing as exercise "is the very best safeguard against the evils of over mental education." While she approves of calisthenics and various mechanical apparatus--including swings and pulleys and a "prone couch"--she delivers a stinging rebuke regarding the wearing of corsets. While Mrs. Webster recommends dance as an excellent remedial exercise, she insists that some parts of classical ballet are ill-designed for effecting good health due to their severity--in particular first and fifth positions. She also considers that dancing is beneficial to boys who, while they generally take more physical exercise than girls, rarely encounter "measured motion".

An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing
An Essay for the Further Improvement of Dancing

Author: E. Pemberton

Publisher:

Published: 1711

Total Pages: 114

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This is a collection of dances with music in Feuillet notation by numerous eighteenth-century dancing masters including Thomas Caverley, Anthony l'Abbee, Louis-Guillaume Pecour, and Josiah Priest. Designed for the young ladies of a boarding school, the collection includes country dances, "Borě," "Jigge," and several group dances including country dances and figured minuets.

Dancers and Dancing
Dancers and Dancing

Author: James Monroe Hubbert

Publisher:

Published: 1901

Total Pages: 66

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At first glance, Hubbert appears to be presenting both pro and con agruments regarding the suitability of dancing. However, the discussion is weighted toward the common discourse found in this genre of antidance literature. Hubbert argues that although dance was practiced in biblical times, it was performed by and for women. Additionally, he concludes that dance is bad for the health and a waste of time and money.

The Tango and Other Up-to-date Dances
The Tango and Other Up-to-date Dances

Author: J. S. Hopkins

Publisher:

Published: 1914

Total Pages: 152

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This manual is an excellent source for ragtime era dances including the one step, tango, Brazilian maxixe, and hesitation waltz. The book is richly illustrated with more than twenty photos of many famous exhibition ballroom couples such as Irene and Vernon Castle, and Maurice and Florence Walden.

The Drawing-room Dances
The Drawing-room Dances

Author: Henri Cellarius

Publisher:

Published: 1847

Total Pages: 184

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A translation of La danse des salons (1847), this manual provides important information on mid-nineteenth-century ballroom dance. Following a format utilized by many manuals, the work begins with introductory comments on dance, followed by a description of the French quadrille. This is followed by discussion of round dances--the polka, numerous waltzes including waltze à trois temps, and waltze à deux temps--as well as steps and figures for another type of quadrille known as the mazurka quadrille. The manual contains eighty-three figures for a series of dance games, called the cotillon (also known as the German or German cotillon). The manual includes eight full-page prints by Paul Gavarni.

Nobiltà Di Dame
Nobiltà Di Dame

Author: Fabritio Caroso

Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 384

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Fabritio Caroso was dancing master to some of the greatest princely families of Italy, and Nobiltà di dame, his sumptuous collection of ballroom dances and their music, reflects an age that believed that the person of high rank should be a work of art, uniting strength and beauty. Caroso's detailed instructions (including rules for steps, style and etiquetter, and forty-eight actual choreographies) are unequalled by any contemporary manual in their specificity and clarity. Most dances are preceeded by an engraving showing the opening position and illustrating many aspects of dress, posture, and gesture. A full scholarly apparatus, giving new information unavailable elsewhere, makes the book even more valuable to dancers and to students of dance and music at the junction of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

The Public Dance Halls of Chicago
The Public Dance Halls of Chicago

Author: Louise de Koven Bowen

Publisher:

Published: 1917

Total Pages: 26

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This is a revised edition of a work based on an investigation done in 1910 regarding the conditions of public dance halls in Chicago. Bowen's complaints included the late hours, too much liquor, and the general behavior of men noting, " ... men wear their hats; they all smoke and expectorate freely." She also suggests the waiters and other employees provide information on the location of "disreputable lodging houses," and she delivers condemnation against masquerade and fancy dress balls because many women were found "attending in male attire."

A Translation of Nine of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles
A Translation of Nine of the Most Fashionable Quadrilles

Author: Barclay Dun

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781017892284

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