Jan 27, 2013

Learn to dance like Jane Austen - new book release




Historic Dance VII: 1800-1825

A4 book by John Gardiner-Garden. 642 pages of research, discussion and analysis with dozens of illustrations, musical scores, dance reconstructions, source extracts, transcriptions and translations.

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26 page Preface and bibliography then the following 5 parts (omitting the subheadings
for the Part 4 dance contents):

Part 1 ~ Dance Context ~ 42 pages

~ England ~  4
~ The private ball according to Jane Austen ~  6
~ Assembly room dancing ~  10
~ Public balls according to Thomas Wilson ~  16
~ Dancing in Jane Austen screen adaptations ~  24
~ Denmark to Slovenia ~  27
~ Congress of Vienna ~  29
~ France ~  31
~ America ~  34
~ Australia ~  39
~ Poland and Russia ~  41

Part 2 ~ Dance Forms ~ 58 pages

~ Allemande ~  4
~ The Country Dance ~  6
~ Variety ~  6
~ Its mechanism ~  8
~ Its setting to music ~  9
~ Its decline ~  11
~ Écossaise ~  14
~ The Finishing dances ~  17
~ Gavotte ~  19
~ The Mazurka ~  20
~ The Minuet ~  23
~ The Polonaise ~  27
~ In Poland ~  27
~ In Russia ~  28
~ To the West ~  30
~ The Quadrille ~  32
~ Its origins and first devotees ~  32
~ Its form ~  33
~ Its stepping ~  35
~ Its debut in England and Scotland ~  37
~ Its diversification ~  39
~ Quadrillemania ~  41
~ The Scotch Reel ~  47
~ The Waltz ~  49
~ Arrival in England ~  52
~ Arrival in America ~  56
~ Arrival in Australia ~  57

Part 3 ~ Dance Technicalities ~ 158 pages
~ Style ~  4
~ Deportment ~  4
~ Management of arms and hands ~  6
~ A new naturalism ~  7
~ Knowing appropriate steps ~  7
~ Shunning exhibitionism ~  8
~ The reality of the ballroom ~  10
~ Etiquette ~  14
~ Honours ~  19
~ The bow and courtesy ~  19
~ Honours in quadrilles ~  20
~ Putting on and taking off the hat ~  21
~ Holds and positions ~  22
~ Turn out ~  22
~ Five positions ~  23
~ Standing ~  26
~ Carriage of the arms ~  26
~ Couples dance arm holds ~  28
~ Formations ~  29
~ Couples ~  29
~ Triple minor set ~  29
~ The Quadrille ~  31
~ The Ecossaise ~  32
~ Figures ~  33
~ In the Quadrille ~  34
~ In the Country Dance ~  40
~ In the Écossaise ~  43
~ À Droite et à Gauche / Chassez-dechassez ~  46
~ À Droite sur les Côtes ~  49
~ Allemande ~  50
~ En Avant et en Arrière ~  51
~ Back to Back / Dos à Dos ~  51
~ Back / Retreat and Advance ~  52
~ Balancé ~  52
~ Cast off ~  52
~ Chaîne Anglaise ~  56
~ Chaine ~  56
~ Chaînes des Dames ~  58
~ Change / Change over ~  58
~ Change sides ~  59
~ Change Places ~  59
~ Chase ~  59
~ Chassé Crois(s)é ~  60
~ Chassé out / Chassé ouvert ~  64
~ Contra corners / Turn corners / Swing corners ~  65
~ Crossing Over / Traverser ~  69
~ Dechassé ~  75
~ Demi Promenade ~  75
~ Dos-à-dos ~  75
~ En Avant et en Arrière ~  75
~ En Avant les Huits ~  76
~ Figure / Figure of eight ~  76
~ Forward and Back / En Avant et en Arrière ~  79
~ Forward all Eight / En Avant les Huit ~  82
~ Gypsy~  83
~ Half Promenade / Queue de chat ~  83
~ Hands across / Moulinet ~  83
~ Hands round ~  84
~ Hands three / Rond de Trois ~  84
~ Hands four / hands four round / circle ~  86
~ Hands six / circle ~  86
~ Hey ~  87
~ Ladies’ Chain / Chaîne des Dames ~  87
~ Lead around ~  89
~ Lead down and back ~  89
~ Lead outside ~  94
~ Lines / Les Lignes ~  95
~ Moulinet (Le) ~  96
~ Petit tour ~  96
~ Pirouette ~  96
~ Poussette ~  96
~ Promenade / La promenade ~  97
~ Right and Left / Chaîne Anglaise ~  100
~ Set / Setting / Balancer ~  105
~ Set and change places ~  112
~ Set and change sides ~  112
~ Set contrary corners ~  113
~ Set Four in line / Balancez Quatre En Ligne ~  113
~ Set three in place and three across ~  114
~ Swing ~  115
~ Swing corners~  115
~ Swing round~  116
~ Tour de Mains ~  116
~ Tour sur place ~  116
~ Traversez ~  116
~ Le Tiroir ~  116
~ Turn with both hands / Tour de Mains ~  116
~ To the Right and to the Left ~  119
~ To the Sides / À Droite sur les Côtes ~  119
~ Traverser ~  119
~ Turn corners ~  119
~ Turn right hand / Turn left hand / La Main / Swing ~  119
~ Steps ~  122
~ Country Dance Steps ~  126
~ Quadrille Steps ~  129
~ Assemblé ~  130
~ Balancé ~  131
~ Ballonné ~  131
~ Balloté ~  132
~ Battement ~  132
~ Bending / Plié ~  133
~ Bourrée ~  134
~ Change of the Feet / Changement de Jambe ~  135
~ Chassé ~  137
~ Contretems / Contretemps ~  140
~ Coupé ~  140
~ Entrechat ~  141
~ Eschappé / Flic Flac / Fosgladh~  142
~ Flic Flac / Fosgladh ~  143
~ Glissade ~  143
~ Jeté ~  145
~ Kemkossy~  149
~ Kemshoole ~  149
~ Minuet (Pas de) ~  150
~ Pas de basque ~  150
~ Pirouette ~  151
~ Rond de Jambe ~  152
~ Seby-trast ~  153
~ Sissone ~  153
~ Tem(p)s Levé ~  156
~ Temps de Courante ~  157
~ Zephyr (Pas de) ~  158
~ Walking / Pas marché ~  158 

Part 4 ~ Dances in Detail ~ 316 pages

~ The Alexander ~  4
~ Allemande (3) / Strassburger ~  6
~ The Battle of Leipzig ~  17
~ La Boulangère (1) ~  19
~ Butter’d Pease (2) ~  22
~ The Caledonian Quadrille ~  24
~ The Chase (1) ~  46
~ Congo Minuet ~  48
~ Countess of Yarmouth’s Fancy ~  53
~ The Cushion Dance (2) ~  56
~ The Czar ~  61
~ Downfall of Paris ~  63
~ The Duke of Kent’s Waltz ~  68
~ Dutch Dollars ~  72
~ Elegance and Simplicity ~  74
~ The Fair Circassian ~  75
~ The Fairy Dance ~  77
~ The Good Girl ~  79
~ Haste to the Wedding ~  83
~ Italian Monfrina (1) ~  87
~ Italian Monfrina (2) ~  89
~ La Josephine ~  91
~ Juliana (1) ~  93
~ Juliana (2) ~  95
~ Lady Caroline Lee’s Waltz ~  99
~ The Lancer’s Quadrille (1) / The Strathy Lancers ~  102
~ The Lancers’ Quadrille (2) / The Duval Lancers ~  111
~ The Lancer’s Quadrille (3) / The Hart Lancers ~  143
~ Money Musk (2) ~  163
~ Morgiana in Ireland (1a, b, c) ~  165
~ Morgiana in Ireland (2) ~  168
~ Mr Turner’s Academy Cotillion ~  174
~ La Napoléon ~  177
~ Nichol’s Favourite ~  180
~ The Perigodine ~  182
~ Pleasures of the Town (2) ~  186
~ Polonaise (3) / The Polonese Russe ~  189
~ Quadrille Français (1) ~  192
~ Quadrille Français (2) / Paine’s 1st Set~  206
~ Russian Dance (1) ~  240
~ Russian Dance (2) ~  243
~ The Scotch Reel ~  245
~ Sir Roger de Coverley (2) ~  255
~ La Tempete (1) ~  263
~ The Triumph (1) ~  266
~ The Triumph (2) ~  271
~ The Union Waltz ~  276
~ La Vinetta ~  278
~ The Volga ~  280
~ Waltz (1) / French Waltzing ~  282
~ Waltz (2) / German Waltzing ~  299
~ Wilson’s Quadrilles ~  308

Part 5 ~ Dancing Masters ~ 38 pages

~ The Profession ~  3
~ The importance of dance classes ~  3
~ The changing repertoire ~  6
~ The teachers of dubious quality ~  6
~ The teachers of quality ~  11
~ Calling ~  14
~ Publication and Notation ~  16
~ Publication ~  16
~ Notation ~  16
~ Lives and Works ~  19
~ Anonymous ~  19
~ Becker ~  22
~ Blanchard ~  23
~ Campbell ~  23
~ Cassidy ~  23
~ Charpentier ~  23
~ Clarchies ~  24
~ Dun ~  24
~ Duval ~  24
~ Gourdoux-Daux ~  25
~ Hart ~  26
~ Lund ~  26
~ Moreau de Saint-Méry ~  27
~ Nichols ~  27
~ Noke ~  27
~ Paine ~  28
~ Peacock ~  30
~ Rice ~  31
~ Rosenhain ~  31
~ Saltator ~  32
~ Schaffer ~  32
~ Simonet ~  32
~ Stender ~  33
~ Strathy ~  33
~ Théleur ~  33
~ Thompson ~  34
~ Voiart ~  34
~ Wilson ~  34

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