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The Dance

The Dance

by Troy Kinney

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Author
Kinney, Margaret West, 1872-1952
Title
The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
Subject
Dance
Category
Text
eBook-No.
50056
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50056
Release Date
September 26, 2015
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE DANCE ITS PLACE IN ART AND LIFE
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS — The Dance
  5. 5.CHAPTER I THE DANCING OF ANCIENT EGYPT AND GREECE
  6. 6.CHAPTER II DANCING IN ROME
  7. 7.CHAPTER III THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE RENAISSANCE
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV A GLANCE AT THE BALLET’S TECHNIQUE
  9. 9.CHAPTER V THE GOLDEN AGE OF DANCING
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI SPANISH DANCING
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII ITALIAN DANCES
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII EUROPEAN FOLK-DANCING IN GENERAL
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX ORIENTAL DANCING
  14. 14.CHAPTER X THE BALLET IN ITS DARK AGE
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY AND ITS WORKINGS
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL DANCING OF TO-DAY — THE ONE-STEP — THE HESITATION WALTZ — THE ARGENTINE TANGO
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV A LAYMAN’S ESTIMATE OF CONDITIONS
  19. 19.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  20. 20.INDEX

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