01704cam a22002411  4500001001300000003000400013005001700017007001500034008004100049010001700090040001800107050001700125100002300142245021900165260003800384300001800422520075500440530010001195650004701295650004501342856005801387999001701445ca 05001758 DLC20260227111041.0cr |||||||||||781018s1852    nyu           000 0 eng    aca 05001758   aDLCcDLCdDLC00aGV1753b.M611 aMeyen, H.q(Henry)14aThe ball room guide,bbeing a compendium of the theory, practice, and etiquette of dancing, embracing the newest quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, schottisches, &c., also, the Meyen quadrille,cas taught by H. Meyen ...  aNew York,bE. & J. Magnus,c1852.  a44 p.c14 cm.  aThis manual begins, as do others of the period, with a general introduction that covers the necessity of dancing and a brief history of dance. Declaring that bodily exercise "drives away sorrow and care," the author asks, "how is it that there are men malicious enough to condemn this innocent pastime?" (p. 12). The manual continues with ten rules to be observed at balls, duties of managers, and seven rules for the German cotillon (a series of dance games). While Meyer gives figures for quadrilles and directions for fourteen German cotillon figures, his descriptions of round dances are vague. For example, he notes that the polka "is either danced in a circle ... or at variety, eight bars to the right and eight bars to the left ..." (pg. 23).  aAvailable also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. 0aBallroom dancingvHandbooks, manuals, etc. 4aDance Instruction and Technical Manuals.41dmusdif187uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/musdi.187qs  c13355d13355