The dancing-master: or, the art of dancing explained : wherein the manner of performing all steps in ball dancing is made easy by a new and familiar method. In two parts ... / Done from the French of Monsieur Rameau, by J. Essex.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: London : Printed and sold by him, and J. Brotherton, 1728.Description: xxxii, 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cmOther title: - Dancing-master
- Art of dancing explained
- Maître à danser English. 1728
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This is a translation of one of the most important sources for the study and reconstruction of eighteenth-century dance: Pierre Rameau's 1725 Le maître a danser. Translated by English dancer and writer John Essex (c. 1680-1744), part one of the text and accompanying full-page plates carefully focus on the appropriate manner of walking, feet positions, and bows, and describe a large vocabulary of steps. Part two covers use of the arms while dancing. This English translation was reissued in 1732.