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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).
1956 | Betty | White | BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE ETIQUETTE | New York | |
1957 | Guy | Barry | HOW TO DANCE THE CHA-CHA-CHA | New York | |
1957 | Frank | Borrows, Ed. | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF DANCING QUARTERLY HANDBOOK Signed by Frank Borrows | London | |
1957 | Pat and Lu | Castagne | TRINIDAD'S SENSATIONAL CALYPSO DANCE (Booklet) | New York | |
1957 | Pat and Lu | Castagne | TRINIDAD'S SENSATIONAL CALYPSO DANCE INSTRUCTIONS, published in Leed's Calypso Is Like So | New York | |
1957 | Dance Masters of America, Inc. | NOTES OF DANCES Presented at the PRE-CONVENTION OF THE DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA | Detroit | ||
1957 | Frank | Hamilton | AMERICAN ROUND DANCING | Los Angeles | |
1957 | Jane | Harris, A. Pittman, M. Waller | DANCE A WHILE | Minneapolia, MN | |
1957 | Alma & Israel | Heaton | BALLROOM DANCE RHYTHMS Brigham Young U. | Provo, UT | |
1957 | Arthur | Kalberer | DANCING THE CHA-CHA-CHA | Irvington, NJ | |
1957 | Leonard | Scrivener | THE COMPLETE BALLROOM DANCER | London | |
1957 | Edwin | Sims & Ann Hutchinson | BETTER DANCING WITH FRED ASTAIRE (Labanotation) | New York | |
1957 | Jerry | Thomas | THEORY OF THE HAITIAN MERENGUE | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
1957 | WFIL-TV | THE OFFICIAL BANDSTAND YEARBOOK covering 1956, last year of local show | Philadelphia | ||
1957 | Stanley | Wright | LA DANSE FACILE (incl. Le Rock, Madison, Blues) 1993 ed. | Paris | |
1958 | Courtenay | Castle | LEARN TO DANCE | London | |
1958 | Mutual Improvement Associations of the | Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day saints | DANCE TIME - THE M.I.A. DANCE HANDBOOK | Salt Lake City | |
1958 | Dick | Clark | HERE'S HOW TO DANCE THE STROLL in Apr. Teen magazine | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Dance Masters of America, Inc. | DMA PRE-CONVENTION BALLROOM | New York | ||
1958 | Jack | Good | HAND-JIVE AT 6:5 | London | |
1958 | Alex | Moore | ALEX MOORE'S BALLROOM. WHAT TO TEACH 1958-59 | Kingston-On-Thames | |
1958 | Harriet | Schonberg | MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? Graded Course in Ballroom Classes | New York | |
1958 | Art | Silva | HERE'S HOW TO DANCE THE ROCK 'N ROLL in Feb. Teen magazine | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Art | Silva | HOW TO DANCE THE ROCK & ROLL! | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Victor | Silvester | DANCING FOR THE MILLIONS | London |
1956 | Betty | White | BETTY WHITE'S TEEN-AGE DANCE ETIQUETTE | New York | |
1957 | Guy | Barry | HOW TO DANCE THE CHA-CHA-CHA | New York | |
1957 | Frank | Borrows, Ed. | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF DANCING QUARTERLY HANDBOOK Signed by Frank Borrows | London | |
1957 | Pat and Lu | Castagne | TRINIDAD'S SENSATIONAL CALYPSO DANCE (Booklet) | New York | |
1957 | Pat and Lu | Castagne | TRINIDAD'S SENSATIONAL CALYPSO DANCE INSTRUCTIONS, published in Leed's Calypso Is Like So | New York | |
1957 | Dance Masters of America, Inc. | NOTES OF DANCES Presented at the PRE-CONVENTION OF THE DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA | Detroit | ||
1957 | Frank | Hamilton | AMERICAN ROUND DANCING | Los Angeles | |
1957 | Jane | Harris, A. Pittman, M. Waller | DANCE A WHILE | Minneapolia, MN | |
1957 | Alma & Israel | Heaton | BALLROOM DANCE RHYTHMS Brigham Young U. | Provo, UT | |
1957 | Arthur | Kalberer | DANCING THE CHA-CHA-CHA | Irvington, NJ | |
1957 | Leonard | Scrivener | THE COMPLETE BALLROOM DANCER | London | |
1957 | Edwin | Sims & Ann Hutchinson | BETTER DANCING WITH FRED ASTAIRE (Labanotation) | New York | |
1957 | Jerry | Thomas | THEORY OF THE HAITIAN MERENGUE | Port-au-Prince, Haiti | |
1957 | WFIL-TV | THE OFFICIAL BANDSTAND YEARBOOK covering 1956, last year of local show | Philadelphia | ||
1957 | Stanley | Wright | LA DANSE FACILE (incl. Le Rock, Madison, Blues) 1993 ed. | Paris | |
1958 | Courtenay | Castle | LEARN TO DANCE | London | |
1958 | Mutual Improvement Associations of the | Church of Jesus Christ of latter-Day saints | DANCE TIME - THE M.I.A. DANCE HANDBOOK | Salt Lake City | |
1958 | Dick | Clark | HERE'S HOW TO DANCE THE STROLL in Apr. Teen magazine | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Dance Masters of America, Inc. | DMA PRE-CONVENTION BALLROOM | New York | ||
1958 | Jack | Good | HAND-JIVE AT 6:5 | London | |
1958 | Alex | Moore | ALEX MOORE'S BALLROOM. WHAT TO TEACH 1958-59 | Kingston-On-Thames | |
1958 | Harriet | Schonberg | MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? Graded Course in Ballroom Classes | New York | |
1958 | Art | Silva | HERE'S HOW TO DANCE THE ROCK 'N ROLL in Feb. Teen magazine | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Art | Silva | HOW TO DANCE THE ROCK & ROLL! | Hollywood, CA | |
1958 | Victor | Silvester | DANCING FOR THE MILLIONS | London |
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