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Rugeinden en hoekjes gestoten en gerafeld, rug verkleurd, band verbleekt (Zie foto). Titelblad verkleurd (Zie foto) Overige bladzijden gaaf, schoon en egaal licht vergeeld. Met handgeschreven opdracht: "Joan, With loving thoughts from her friends F??? & Lorna ?" Xmas 1920.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION - 1
PRIMITIVE DANCES - 3

The Wave Meke - 5
The Snake Dance - 6
Animal Dances of the Algonquin Indians - 7
The Sun Dance - 10
Other Dances of American Indians - 12
The History of the Cake-Walk - 13
Apache Dances - 14
Maori Dances - 15

ANTIQUE DANCING - 19

Egyptian Dances - 19
The Funeral Dance - 21
The Astronomic Dance - 22
Hebrew Dances - 23
Dancing among the Greeks - 27
Dancing in Rome - 34

MEDIÆVAL SACRED DANCES - 39

The Origin of the Christmas Carol - 42
Dances of Angels - 43
Religious Dances in Later Times - 45
The Religious Dance of Ethiopia - 53
The Dance of the Seises - 54
Dancing Dervishes - 56

SOME EUROPEAN DANCES - 59

Spanish Dances - 59
Slavonic Dances - 63
Dance of Dalmatia, The Kollo - 65
Gipsy Dances - 66
The Dance in Italy - 67
The Romaica - 70
Basque Dances - 72

DANCES OF THE EAST - 75

The Almehs - 75
Chinese Dances - 77
Dances of Japan - 79
Hindu Dancing - 85

DANCES OF THE NORTH - 89

Ancient Irish Dances - 91

MILITARY DANCES - 95
THE REVIVAL OF DANCING IN EUROPE - 103
ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCES - 121

Morris Dances - 130
Masques - 136

THE BALLET - 139
MODERN DANCING AND THE REVIVAL OF ANTIQUE DANCING IN MODERN TIMES - 153
FINALE - 167
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE DANCE - 171
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Apollo's Dance with the Muses. By Guilio Romano. Photogravure Frontispiece
La Danse. By Jules Carpeaux. The Opera House, Paris - 6
The Dancers. By Fantin-Latour. Pau Art Gallery - 20
Dancing Nymphs. After a Painting by Van der Werff - 30
Dance Throughout the Ages. By Aimé Morot. Fresco in the Hotel de Ville, Paris - 42
La Carmencita. By John Sargent, R.A. Musée du Luxembourg - 54
Before the Bull Fight. By A. Zo - 60
Neapolitan Peasants Returning from a Pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Madonna dell' Arco. By Léopold Robert - 68
Japanese Stage-Dancing Girls. By Utagawa Kunisada - 80
The Pleasures of the Ball. By A. Watteau - 104
A Village Dance in Brittany. By A. Leleux. Musée du Luxembourg - 114
The Cyprian's Ball at the Argyle Rooms. After an Engraving by Robert Cruikshank - 128
Rosita Mauri in the Ballet of La Korrigane. After a Picture by F. E. Bertier - 134
Monsieur Vestris - 140
Fanny Cerrito. From the Painting by Jules Laure. Musée de l'Opéra - 148
Marie Taglioni. From a Drawing by A. F. Chalon, R.A. - 150
Miss Edris Stannus in Some Characteristic Poses - 172
Miss Edris Stannus in Some Characteristic Dances - 174
Marquis and Clayton in the Tango - 176
Maurice and Florence Walton in the Tango - 178
Miss Joan Sawyer and Partner in the Maxixe - 180
Miss Joan Sawyer and Partner in the Aeroplane Waltz - 182
The Youth of Bacchus. By William Bouguereau - End Papers
The Dancing Lesson. By Edgar Degas - End Papers

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Trefwoorden: dansgeschiedenis, volksdansen, ballet, religieuze dansen, primitieve dansen, Europese dansen, oosterse dansen, Morris dance, tango, culturele antropologie