Download or read book Country Dances of Colonial America written by John Fitzhugh Millar and published by Williamsburg, Va. : Thirteen Colonies Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Country Dances of Colonial America written by John Fitzhugh Millar and published by Williamsburg, Va. : Thirteen Colonies Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected American Country Dances and Their English Sources written by Joy Van Cleef and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Country dances written by Elizabeth Burchenal and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I See America Dancing written by Maureen Needham and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing dancers, scholars, admirers, and critics, I See America Dancing is a diverse collection of primary documents and articles about the place and shape of dance in the United States from colonial times to the present. This volume offers a lively counterpoint between observers of the dance and dancers' views of what they do when they dance. Dance traditions represented include the Native American pow-wow; tribal music and dance activities on Sunday afternoons in New Orlean's Congo Square; the colonial Playford Balls and their modern offspring, country line dancing; and the Buddhist-inspired Japanese Bon dances in Hawaii. Anti-dance perspectives include government injunctions against Native American dancing and essays from a range of speakers who have declared the waltz, the twist, or the senior prom to be a careless quick-step away from hell or the brothel. I See America Dancing examines the styles that have marked theatrical dance in America, from French ballet to minstrel shows, and presents the views of influential dancers, choreographers, and the pioneers of early modern dance in America. Specific pieces examined include George Ballanchine's ballet Stars and Stripes, Yvonne Rainer's protest piece "Flag Dance, 1970," and Sonjé Mayo's "Naked in America." Covering historical social attitudes toward the dance as well as the performers and their works, I See America Dancing is a comprehensive, scholarly sourcebook that captures the energy and passion of this vital artform.
Download or read book Dance and Its Music in America 1528 1789 written by Kate Van Winkle Keller and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanish exploration and settlement -- French exploration and settlement -- The English plantation colonies in the South -- The tobacco colonies -- New England -- The Middle Atlantic colonies.
Download or read book Dancing in Colonial America written by Jacqueline Flanders and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Country Dances written by John Playford and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Choice selection of American country dances of the Revolutionary era 1775 1795 written by Kate Van Winkle Keller and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Country Dances from Colonial New York written by James Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Country Dances written by Elizabeth Burchenal and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Country-Dances, Vol. 1 For this first volume of American Folk-Dances I have taken the "contra-dances" of rural New England, for this is one of the old, most truly American sections of our country, where many generations of the same stock have grown up undisturbed by foreign influences, and where sufficient time has elapsed since the days of the early settlers for the building up of certain traditions and customs. The social group-dances which have originated or evolved through common usage under such conditions in this country are as truly folk-dances as those found in the older countries, and have elements which are almost universally characteristic of folk-dances. And yet it has often been said that our country has no folk-music or folk-dancing of its own other than that of the American Indian! We are to-day a nation of immigrants, not of Indians, and the folk-traditions that are most essentially our own are those which have developed (from traditions brought to us by our early immigrants) into something peculiarly our own. And we have the new and dazzling wealth of folk-art brought in with the comparatively recent rush of immigration from many countries, the beauty and value of which is not yet generally understood or appreciated. Surely, the folk-dances and music of all the nationalities which make up the people of our country may be considered ours just as these people are our people, and every effort should be made to encourage, preserve and assimilate this dancing and music, so that we may not only have these added resources for social enjoyment and recreation; but that our national life may be enriched with beauty and color and joy of living which may become the foundation of a yet undreamed-of development of art In this country. It was with the hope of assisting toward this end that my earlier collections of folk-dances and music of other countries were published, and for the same purpose the Organization Committee of an American Folk-Dance Society was formed In February, 1916. This present volume contains some of the old Country-Dances which are most essentially American Folk-Dances because they have grown here. Some of them are slightly reminiscent of English country-dances, and were probably originally suggested by or evolved from them. Most of them, however, seem to be products of this country, and all have a typical and distinctly individual quality of their own, both In their form and the manner and style in which they are danced.- The constant repetition of the theme, and the easy swing and rhythm of the dance, are almost hypnotically fascinating. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book American Country dances Twenty eight contra dances largely from the New England states written by Elizabeth Burchenal and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Country dances Twenty eight contra dances largely from the New England States written by Elizabeth Burchenal and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Early American Dance and Music written by Charles Cyril Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Choice Selection of American Country Dances of the Revolutionary Era 1775 1795 written by Kate Van Winkle Keller and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Choice Selection of American Country Dances of the Revolutionary Era 1775 1795 written by Kate Van Winkle Keller and published by Country Dance & Song Society. This book was released on 1993 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Country Dances written by John Playford and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
