[PDF] Dancing In The English Style eBook

Author : Allison Abra
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2017-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1526105950

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Dancing in the English style explores the development, experience, and cultural representation of popular dance in Britain from the end of the First World War to the early 1950s. It describes the rise of modern ballroom dancing as Britain's predominant popular style, as well as the opening of hundreds of affordable dancing schools and purpose-built dance halls. It focuses in particular on the relationship between the dance profession and dance hall industry and the consumers who formed the dancing public. Together these groups negotiated the creation of a 'national' dancing style, which constructed, circulated, and commodified ideas about national identity. At the same time, the book emphasizes the global, exploring the impact of international cultural products on national identity construction, the complexities of Americanisation, and Britain's place in a transnational system of production and consumption that forged the dances of the Jazz Age.

Author : Thomas Wilson (dancing master.)
Publisher :
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 28,57 MB
Release : 1820
Category : Country dancing
ISBN :

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Originally published in 1808 and expanded in 1811 under the title An analysis of country dancing, this edition borrows extensively from earlier editions. As with earlier editions, the figures for English country dances are explained through text, tables, and diagrams. Performed as a series of figures danced by a column of men facing a column of women, the English country dance was one of the most popular early nineteenth-century ballroom dances. This edition contains an extensive discussion on music with ten musical examples scored for a treble instrument.

Author : Allison Abra
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Dance
ISBN : 9781526128218

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This title illuminates the history of popular dance, one of the most influential and widespread leisure practices in early twentieth-century Britain. It focuses in particular on the relationship between dancing and national identity construction, in a period when Britain participated in increasingly global markets of popular cultural production, consumption, and exchange.

Author : Jon Stratton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 3031090128

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This book explores dancing from the 1960s to the 1980s; though this period covers only twenty years, the changes during it were seismic. Nevertheless continuities can be found, and those are what this book examines. In dancing, it answers how we moved from the self-control that formed the basis for ballroom dancing, to ecstatic rave dancing. In terms of music, it answers how we moved from the beat groups to electronic dance music. In terms of youth, it answers how we moved from youth culture to club culture.

Author : Juliet McMains
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 2024-08-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0819501506

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In the wake of the blockbuster television success of "Dancing with the Stars," competitive ballroom dance has become a subject of new fascination—and renewed scrutiny. Known by its practitioners as DanceSport, ballroom is a significant dance form and a fascinating cultural phenomenon. In this first in-depth study of the sport, dancer and dance historian Juliet McMains explores the "Glamour Machine" that drives the thriving industry, delving into both the pleasures and perils of its seductions. She further explores the broader social issues invoked in American DanceSport: representation of "Latin," economics that often foster inequality, and issues of identity, including gender, race, class, and sexuality. Putting ballroom dance in the larger contexts of culture and history, Glamour Addiction makes an important contribution to dance studies, while giving new and veteran enthusiasts a unique and unprecedented glimpse behind the scenes.

Author : Rebecca Suerdieck
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2012-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1105527808

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This book was created to offer Readers a deeper appreciation of English Country Dancing. Topics covered in the book include: history of this form of dance, style notes, sheet music, and instructions for several 17th and 18th century dances. Tips are given for hosting Period Dance events, how to ""call"" the dances, and information for Musicians. Several dances are included for family and younger audiences. Fully illustrated with many period images.