Dancing till Dawn A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance

Name: Dancing till Dawn A Century of Exhibition Ballroom Dance
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ISBN: 9780313276477

ISBN-10: 0313276471

ISBN-13: 9780313276477

Edition: 1992

Authors: Julie Malnig

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This fascinating book explores the rich history of exhibition ballroom dancing from its heyday in the 1910s to the present. Julie Malnig's record of this intimate, theatrical genre of dance features male-female teams--idolized as theatre personalities in cabaret, vaudeville, musicals, and, later, as stars of film and television. Both role models and teachers, exhibition ballroom teams showed the public exciting new forms and styles. Exhibition ballroom dancing is examined as a cultural and social phenomenon promoting new cultural standards, including the emancipation of women and a casualness and spontaneity between the sexes. A comprehensive study of this dance genre and entertainment…

Book details

List price: $95.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 6/30/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Preface


The Origins and Rise of Exhibition Ballroom Dance Dancing Deities: Career Paths of the Early


Innovators Cabaret Dancing Taking the Palace by Storm: Exhibition Ballroom


Dance in Vaudeville of the Teens and Twenties Exhibition Ballroom Dance in Early Musical


Theatre Decline and Rebirth The Contemporary Renaissance



Social Dances, 1908-1919



Exhibition Ballroom Dance Technique, 1908-1919


Selected Bibliography


Index