Jig, clog, and breakdown dancing made easy, with sketches of noted jig dancers. - New York, Ed. James, c1873. - 12 p. illus. 19 cm.

This book begins with a brief history of jig dancing and provides a chronology of jig and clog dancers from famed African-American dance Master Juba to Johnny Diamond and Dick Pelham. The manual also describes twenty steps including "heel and toe step," "shuffle,""clog break," and "plantation breakdown."



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Jig (Dance)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Clog dancing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals.
Theatrical Dance.

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