[Gutenberg 59067] • Dancing Without an Instructor

Learn how to dance without an instructor. This book will show you everything you need.

Introduction

The Etiquette of the Ballroom

The Five Positions

The Two-Step Slide

The Grand March

The March in File

The March in Column

The March by Platoons

The Arbor March

The Serpentine March

Square Dances

The Plain Quadrille

Additional Quadrille Figures

The Basket Figure

The Nine-Pin

Minuet Figure

The Star Figure

The Cheat Figure

The Fig Figure

The Sociable

Lancers

Saratoga Lancers

Waltz Lancers

The Caledonians

The Glide Caledoniana

The Waltz Quadrille, No. I

The Waltz Quadrille, No. 2

Prince Imperial Quadrille

Parisian Varieties

National Guard Quadrille

Contra Dances

The Virginia Reel

Pop Goes the Weasel

Spanish Dance

The Sicilian Circle

Round Dancing

The Waltz _

The Glide Waltz

The Two-Step

The Galop .

The Polka . . .

The Polka Mazourka

The Schottische

Military Schottische

The Highland Schottische

The Racquet

La Bohemienne

The Berlin .

The Yorke . . . .

The Caprice . . .

The Redowa . . .

The Varsoviana

Half-Time Dancing .

The Cotillion

The Figures of the Cotillion . . . . . . 141

The Flower Figure . . . . . . . 141

The Magic Hat . . . . . . . . 141

The Scarf . . . . . . . . x42

Follow My Leader . . . . . . . I42

Ping Pong . . . . . . . . 142

The Toast . . . . . . . . . 143

The Umbrella . . . . . . . . 143

The Signal of Distress . . . . . . 143

The Chair . . . . . . . . . I44

Forfeits . . . . . . . . . 144

Puss in the Corner . . . . _ . . . 144

Thread-the-Needle Archway . . . 1 . . I45

The Kneeling Knight . . . . . . 145

The Mask . . . . . . . . . :45

Blind Man’s Bufi . . . . . . . 146

The Auction . . . . . . . . :46

The Gay Deceiver . . . . . . . 147

The Rope . . . . . . . . . 147

The Fan . . . . . . . . . 147

The Basket, Ring and Flower . . . . . 148

The Inscriptions . . . . . . . 148

The Basket . . . . . . . . 149

The Inconstanis . . . . . . . 149

The Columns . . . . . . . . 150

The Carnival . . . . . . . . 150

The Handkerchief Chase . . . . . . 151

The Cards . . . . . . . . . 151

Scissors to Grind . . . . . . . I52

The Skaters . . . . . . . . I52

The Spiral . . . .

The Pyramid

The Grand Round

The Star and Circle .

The Double Pastourelle

The Labyrinth

Letter Carrier Figure

The Serpent

The Pursuit .

The Changing Star . . .

The Virginia Reel . .

The Double Quadrille . .

The Final Round