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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).
1978 | Gabbert | Elbert | "DISCO FEVER" Subject Book (spiral bound notebook) with illustrated Tango Hustle description | Birmingham, AL | |
1978 | Uta | Fischer-Munstermann | JAZZ DANCE including DISCO DANCING | New York | |
1978 | Fred Astaire Dance Studios | FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK includes The Hustle | New York | ||
1978 | Gateway Records | NONSTOP DISCOTHEQUE PARTY DANCE (Dance instructions on album cover) | Gilette, NJ | ||
1978 | Samuel R. | George | HOW TO GO DANCING (including Hustle and Swing Hustle) | Los Angeles | |
1978 | Siegfried | Gerstung | WARM UP TO DISCO | Baltimore, MD | |
1978 | Albert | Goldman | DISCO | New York | |
1978 | Rosemary "Red" | Hallum | DISCO DANCIN' | Freeport, NY | |
1978 | Kitty | Hanson | DISCO FEVER | New York | |
1978 | Barbara | Hegne | DISCO FEVER | ||
1978 | Carole | Howard | THE COMPLEAT GUIDE TO SURVIVAL SOCIAL DANCE (including Disco) | Minneapolis, MN | |
1978 | Imperial Society of T.D. | DANCING - STEP BY STEP (including Disco) | London | ||
1978 | Janet | Jasek | DISCO LOVERS GUIDE TO DANCE | South Bend, IN | |
1978 | Karen | Lustgarten | THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DISCO DANCING | San Francisco | |
1978 | Roy | Madrid | DISCO... YOU SHOULD BE DANCING | Los Angeles | |
1978 | John | Monte | THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK, including Hustle, Latin Hustle, California Hustle | New York | |
1978 | Steve | Ramacher | LET'S DISCO, A Complete Instructional System for Disco Dancing | Minneapolis | |
1978 | Shelly | Schunick | DISCO STEPPIN' instructions and LPs | Baltimore, MD | |
1978 | Aurora | Villacorta | DISCO | Danville, IL | |
1978 | Jack & Kathleen | Villari | THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO DISCO DANCE STEPS | Secaucus, NJ | |
1978 | Lester | Wilson | DANCE DANCE DANCE | New York | |
1979 | Fred | Astaire Dance Studios | DANCING TODAY WITH THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE STUDIOS With descr of Disco, Salsa, Am. Hustle, Latin Hustle | ||
1979 | Andy | Blackford | DISCO DANCING TONIGHT | London | |
1979 | Nancy | Bruning | THE KIDS' BOOK OF DISCO | New York | |
1979 | Bill | Butler & Elin Schoen | JAMMIN', Complete Guide to Roller Disco | New York |
1978 | Gabbert | Elbert | "DISCO FEVER" Subject Book (spiral bound notebook) with illustrated Tango Hustle description | Birmingham, AL | |
1978 | Uta | Fischer-Munstermann | JAZZ DANCE including DISCO DANCING | New York | |
1978 | Fred Astaire Dance Studios | FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK includes The Hustle | New York | ||
1978 | Gateway Records | NONSTOP DISCOTHEQUE PARTY DANCE (Dance instructions on album cover) | Gilette, NJ | ||
1978 | Samuel R. | George | HOW TO GO DANCING (including Hustle and Swing Hustle) | Los Angeles | |
1978 | Siegfried | Gerstung | WARM UP TO DISCO | Baltimore, MD | |
1978 | Albert | Goldman | DISCO | New York | |
1978 | Rosemary "Red" | Hallum | DISCO DANCIN' | Freeport, NY | |
1978 | Kitty | Hanson | DISCO FEVER | New York | |
1978 | Barbara | Hegne | DISCO FEVER | ||
1978 | Carole | Howard | THE COMPLEAT GUIDE TO SURVIVAL SOCIAL DANCE (including Disco) | Minneapolis, MN | |
1978 | Imperial Society of T.D. | DANCING - STEP BY STEP (including Disco) | London | ||
1978 | Janet | Jasek | DISCO LOVERS GUIDE TO DANCE | South Bend, IN | |
1978 | Karen | Lustgarten | THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DISCO DANCING | San Francisco | |
1978 | Roy | Madrid | DISCO... YOU SHOULD BE DANCING | Los Angeles | |
1978 | John | Monte | THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE BOOK, including Hustle, Latin Hustle, California Hustle | New York | |
1978 | Steve | Ramacher | LET'S DISCO, A Complete Instructional System for Disco Dancing | Minneapolis | |
1978 | Shelly | Schunick | DISCO STEPPIN' instructions and LPs | Baltimore, MD | |
1978 | Aurora | Villacorta | DISCO | Danville, IL | |
1978 | Jack & Kathleen | Villari | THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO DISCO DANCE STEPS | Secaucus, NJ | |
1978 | Lester | Wilson | DANCE DANCE DANCE | New York | |
1979 | Fred | Astaire Dance Studios | DANCING TODAY WITH THE FRED ASTAIRE DANCE STUDIOS With descr of Disco, Salsa, Am. Hustle, Latin Hustle | ||
1979 | Andy | Blackford | DISCO DANCING TONIGHT | London | |
1979 | Nancy | Bruning | THE KIDS' BOOK OF DISCO | New York | |
1979 | Bill | Butler & Elin Schoen | JAMMIN', Complete Guide to Roller Disco | New York |
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