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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).
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.11 - LA SCOTTISCH ESPAGNOLE | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.2 - LE TANGO | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LA VALSE HESITATION, LA VALSE | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.14 - LA VALSE HESITATION | Paris |
1924 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Sept, Nov) | London | |
1924 | Florence | Signor | COLONIAL MINUETS (1914 orig) | Boston | |
1924 | Lester | Smith | YE OLD TIME DANCE CALLS | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
1925 | The Dance Review Publishing Co. | DANCE LOVERS Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1925 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine Dec. issue (first issue, changing name from Dance Lovers) | New York | ||
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 1 - THE QUICK-STEP | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - THE ONE-STEP | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING – ADVANCED COURSE | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 3 - THE WALTZ, TWO-STEP | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - WALTZ, TWO-STEP | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - THE FOX-TROT | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 2 - THE FOX-TROT, RUMBA | London |
c. | 1925 | B. | Coanacher | CLENDENEN'S QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE ©1899, 1925 music in back | Chicago |
1925 | Carlos | Cruz | THE MODERN BALLROOM TANGO | New York | |
c. | 1925 | J. C. | Dorn, publ. | HOW TO DANCE (with 1920s dances added to circa 1915 edition) | Chicago |
1925 | Karsinova | DON'TS FOR DANCERS 2008 bound reprint | London | ||
1925 | Sergei | Marinoff | THE CHARLESTON | Chicago | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES | New York | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE SHORT CUT TO POPULARITY | New York | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES Parts II and III | New York | |
1925 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan. through Sept. issues) London | London |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.11 - LA SCOTTISCH ESPAGNOLE | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.2 - LE TANGO | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LA VALSE HESITATION, LA VALSE | Paris |
c. | 1924 | Prof. A. | Peters | LES LEÇONS DE DANSE No.14 - LA VALSE HESITATION | Paris |
1924 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Sept, Nov) | London | |
1924 | Florence | Signor | COLONIAL MINUETS (1914 orig) | Boston | |
1924 | Lester | Smith | YE OLD TIME DANCE CALLS | Shenandoah, Iowa | |
1925 | The Dance Review Publishing Co. | DANCE LOVERS Magazine All issues | New York | ||
1925 | The Dance Publishing Corp. | THE DANCE Magazine Dec. issue (first issue, changing name from Dance Lovers) | New York | ||
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 1 - THE QUICK-STEP | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - THE ONE-STEP | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING – ADVANCED COURSE | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 3 - THE WALTZ, TWO-STEP | London |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - WALTZ, TWO-STEP | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING - THE FOX-TROT | Sydney, Australia |
c. | 1925 | J. | Bolot | THE ORIGINAL BOLOT SYSTEM OF DANCING 2 - THE FOX-TROT, RUMBA | London |
c. | 1925 | B. | Coanacher | CLENDENEN'S QUADRILLE BOOK AND GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE ©1899, 1925 music in back | Chicago |
1925 | Carlos | Cruz | THE MODERN BALLROOM TANGO | New York | |
c. | 1925 | J. C. | Dorn, publ. | HOW TO DANCE (with 1920s dances added to circa 1915 edition) | Chicago |
1925 | Karsinova | DON'TS FOR DANCERS 2008 bound reprint | London | ||
1925 | Sergei | Marinoff | THE CHARLESTON | Chicago | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES | New York | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE SHORT CUT TO POPULARITY | New York | |
1925 | Arthur | Murray | THE MODERN DANCES Parts II and III | New York | |
1925 | P.J.S. | Richardson, Ed. | THE DANCING TIMES magazine (Jan. through Sept. issues) London | London |
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