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The collection of Richard Powers
Primary Sources - Historical Social Dance
Chronological listing
78% of the 2,550 sources in my collection are the original editions. 13% are digital scans. 9% are printed facsimile reproductions.
Where dates of publication are not given, dates are estimated. c. = circa.
Most of these primary sources are dance manuals. Stand-alone descriptions of a single dance are noted with » before the title.
Some of these sources from my collection can be downloaded here.
Dancing master and social dance periodicals like Dancing Times and La Danse are included in this listing. Newspaper articles are not. Also not listed are books about theatrical dance, etiquette books, fiction/satire about dance, country and folk dance, secondary sources, and dance histories. Contact me if you would like a listing of my sources in any of those categories (see the bottom of this page).
1919 | Monsieur | Pierre | HOW TO JAZZ, A Simple Guide to the 1919 Dances. | London | |
1919 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues except 4,7,8) | London | |
1919 | Hurndall | W. F. | » DELICIA, ROUND DANCE FOR THE BALLROOM | Sydney, Australia | |
c. | 1920 | "M.C." | MULLENS' OLD-TIME DANCE GUIDE | Melbourne, Australia | |
1920 | Jacques | Boulenger | DE LA WALSE AU TANGO | Paris | |
c. | 1920 | Adele | Collier | FELDMAN'S HOW TO DANCE THE FOX-TROT | London |
1920 | A. M. | Cree | HANDBOOK OF BALL-ROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1920 | John | Dugan | EASY METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IN BALL ROOM DANCING | Newport, RI |
c. | 1920 | Prof. J. | Helena and E. Lamare | LES DANSES MODERNES, Nouvelle Methode de Danse | Paris |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | THEORIE DES NOUVELLES DANSES, in LES NOUVELLES DANSES A LA MODE, LA MUSIQUE POUR TOUS | Paris | |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | THEORIES ILLUSTREES DE TOUTES LES DANSES ANCIENNES ET NOUVELLES, LA DANSE, DE LA VALSE AU FOX-TROT | Paris | |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES & LES DERNIÈRES NOUVEAUTÉS | Paris | |
1920 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues except 2, 9, 12) | London | |
c. | 1920 | K. | Richter | RICHTER'S LEHRE DER TANZKUNST UND DES GUTEN TONES | Munich, Germany |
1920 | Edward | Scott | DANCING, ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL | London | |
c. | 1920 | Edward | Scott | ALL ABOUT THE LATEST DANCES | London |
c. | 1920 | Edward | Scott | THE NEW DANCING AS IT SHOULD BE | London |
1920 | Various authors | VADE-MECUM DU PARFAIT DANSEUR | Paris | ||
1920 | André | Verchère-Boettgen | DANSES MODERNES - MANUEL PRATIQUE ILLUSTRE | Lyon, France | |
1920 | Albert | Zorn | MUSICAL SCORE OF THE GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING | Boston | |
1920 | Albert | Zorn | GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING (translation of 1887 edition) | Boston | |
1921 | A. | Baïssas | AIDE-MÉMOIRE DU DANSEUR, THÉORIE DE DIVERSES DANSES MODERNES | Poitiers, France | |
1921 | F. W. | Koebner | JAZZ UND SHIMMY | Berlin | |
1921 | La Danse | LA DANSE magazine, bound. Nov. issue | Paris | ||
1921 | Georges | Laffitte | AIDE-MEMOIRE ET LECONS DE DANSE | Paris |
1919 | Monsieur | Pierre | HOW TO JAZZ, A Simple Guide to the 1919 Dances. | London | |
1919 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues except 4,7,8) | London | |
1919 | Hurndall | W. F. | » DELICIA, ROUND DANCE FOR THE BALLROOM | Sydney, Australia | |
c. | 1920 | "M.C." | MULLENS' OLD-TIME DANCE GUIDE | Melbourne, Australia | |
1920 | Jacques | Boulenger | DE LA WALSE AU TANGO | Paris | |
c. | 1920 | Adele | Collier | FELDMAN'S HOW TO DANCE THE FOX-TROT | London |
1920 | A. M. | Cree | HANDBOOK OF BALL-ROOM DANCING | London | |
c. | 1920 | John | Dugan | EASY METHOD OF INSTRUCTION IN BALL ROOM DANCING | Newport, RI |
c. | 1920 | Prof. J. | Helena and E. Lamare | LES DANSES MODERNES, Nouvelle Methode de Danse | Paris |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | THEORIE DES NOUVELLES DANSES, in LES NOUVELLES DANSES A LA MODE, LA MUSIQUE POUR TOUS | Paris | |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | THEORIES ILLUSTREES DE TOUTES LES DANSES ANCIENNES ET NOUVELLES, LA DANSE, DE LA VALSE AU FOX-TROT | Paris | |
1920 | Madame G. Ch. | Lefort | TOUTES LES DANSES MODERNES & LES DERNIÈRES NOUVEAUTÉS | Paris | |
1920 | P.J.S. | Richardson, ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (all issues except 2, 9, 12) | London | |
c. | 1920 | K. | Richter | RICHTER'S LEHRE DER TANZKUNST UND DES GUTEN TONES | Munich, Germany |
1920 | Edward | Scott | DANCING, ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL | London | |
c. | 1920 | Edward | Scott | ALL ABOUT THE LATEST DANCES | London |
c. | 1920 | Edward | Scott | THE NEW DANCING AS IT SHOULD BE | London |
1920 | Various authors | VADE-MECUM DU PARFAIT DANSEUR | Paris | ||
1920 | André | Verchère-Boettgen | DANSES MODERNES - MANUEL PRATIQUE ILLUSTRE | Lyon, France | |
1920 | Albert | Zorn | MUSICAL SCORE OF THE GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING | Boston | |
1920 | Albert | Zorn | GRAMMAR OF THE ART OF DANCING (translation of 1887 edition) | Boston | |
1921 | A. | Baïssas | AIDE-MÉMOIRE DU DANSEUR, THÉORIE DE DIVERSES DANSES MODERNES | Poitiers, France | |
1921 | F. W. | Koebner | JAZZ UND SHIMMY | Berlin | |
1921 | La Danse | LA DANSE magazine, bound. Nov. issue | Paris | ||
1921 | Georges | Laffitte | AIDE-MEMOIRE ET LECONS DE DANSE | Paris |
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