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19th Century Dance Instruction
 

Be the Belle of the Antebellum Ball!

You know how to dress for a Victorian Ball,
but do you know how to dance?

 

 

The Library of Congress features over seventy video clips of historical period dances on their online "American Memory" site.

Each video clip features a pair of dancers performing specific dances or movements from selected dance manuals in their collection. From these videos, we have chosen the most popular mid-19th century dances and provided links to each video, plus links to the pages in the manuals that discuss that particular dance. So gather-up your dancing shoes and be prepared to dance!

 

MID- 19TH CENTURY DANCES
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Waltz

  • VIDEO

  • DANCE MANUAL: From The Drawing-room Dances, p. 26

Zingirella

  • VIDEO

  • DANCE MANUAL: From  A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing, p. 188

Polka

Schottisch

Varsovienne

  • VIDEO

  • DANCE MANUAL: A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing, p. 173-174


 
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A Mid-19th Century Victorian Ball

 

 

 

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