Friday, December 4, 2009

Renoir's Dancers: Dancing in the 1800s


In order to understand the relevance of these claims about Renoir's dancing couples, we must first examine the circumstances of dance in the late nineteenth ...




Wednesday, November 18, 2009

19th century


When first introduced into New England social dance, men, ... With the new dance crazes of the early 19th century also came treatises condemning dance and ...




19th Century Social Dance


Following the fall of the Ancien Regime in 1789, social dancing became more natural and ... The 19th century can be seen as three eras, each with its unique ...