Coulon's Hand-book; containing all the last new and fashionable dances, and also some important remarks on dancing & deportment ...
Book details
- Title
- Coulon's Hand-book; containing all the last new and fashionable dances, and also some important remarks on dancing & deportment ...
- Publication year listed
- 1873
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
- Source record
- View on Archive.org
About this book
Coulon's Hand-book; containing all the last new and fashionable dances, and also some important remarks on dancing & deportment ...
Author: Coulon ...
Year: 1873
This is an expanded version of a manual published under the same title in 1866. It it not known whether or not famed Paris dancing master Coulon actually participated in the assembly of this manual. Most of the manual is compilation from earlier sources. Demonstrating a growing late nineteenth--century interest in physical education, this new version adds a series of exercises to be performed with poles, dumb-bells, and elastics. Additional exervises emphasize walking, running, and jumping. The manual describes the popular ballroom dances of the era--quadrille, waltz, and polka.
This page provides public domain reading access and source information.
The embedded reader is supplied by
Archive.org
.