dancing-master: or, The art of dancing explained. Wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... The whole containing sixty figures drawn from the life, and curiously engraved on copper plates

The dancing-master: or, The art of dancing explained. Wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... The whole containing sixty figures drawn from the life, and curiously engraved on copper plates Dancing-master Art of dancing explained Maître à danser. English. 1728 Rameau, Pierre. Essex, John, tr text enk 1728 monographic London Printed and sold by him, and J. Brotherton M.DCC.XXVIII [1728] eng fre xxxii, 160 p. : front., 56 pl. (part fold.) ; 25 cm. This is a translation of one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance--Pierre Rameau's 1725 Le maître a danser. Translated by English dancer and writer John Essex (c. 1680-1744), part one of the text and accompanying full-page plates carefully focus on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and describe a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers use of the arms while dancing. This English translation was reissued in 1732. Done from the French of Monsieur Rameau, by J. Essex. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as facsimile page images and full text. Dance Handbooks, manuals, etc Early works to 1800 Dance Instruction and Technical Manuals GV1590 .R4 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/muspre1800.100058 ESTC N44660 10030397 hdl:loc.music/muspre1800.100058 DLC 781018 20260317170549.6 2634538 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)