A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing: Containing Descriptions of All Fashionable and Approved Dances, Full Directions for Calling the Figures, the Amount of Music Required, Hints on Etique - Hardcover

Thomas Hillgrove

 
9780265501894: A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing: Containing Descriptions of All Fashionable and Approved Dances, Full Directions for Calling the Figures, the Amount of Music Required, Hints on Etique

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Excerpt from A Complete Practical Guide to the Art of Dancing<br/><br/>When a gentleman accompanies a lady to a ball, he should dance with her first, or offer to' do so; and should take care that she be provided with a partner whenever she desires to dance. At private parties ladies and gentlemen should not dance exclusively with the same partners, if by so doing they exclude others from desirable company. We may, however, without impropriety ask a lady to join us the second time in a dance. We should treat all courteously; and, not manifesting preference for any one in particular, be ready to dance with who ever may need a partner....

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