Shall We Dance? or Do Manners Really Matter? The Social Implications of Dancing Through the Ages...
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Shall We Dance? or Do Manners Really Matter? The Social Implications of Dancing Through the Ages (1877-Present) A. Meeks - AAMNVA-FCPS Academy A. Meeks - AAMNVA-FCPS Academy Course Course
Shall We Dance? or Do Manners Really Matter? The Social Implications of Dancing Through the Ages (1877-Present) A. Meeks - AAMNVA-FCPS Academy Course
Shall We Dance? or Do Manners Really Matter? The Social
Implications of Dancing Through the Ages (1877-Present) A. Meeks -
AAMNVA-FCPS Academy Course
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USII.1 The Student will demonstrate skills for historical and
geographical analysis, including the ability to a) analyze and
interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase
understanding of events and life in the US history from 1877 to the
present. b) make connections between past and present. d) interpret
ideas and events from different historical perspectives e) evaluate
and debate issues orally and in writing
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Describe what you see in this picture. Describe what you think
is the relationship of the two women? Describe what you think may
have happened? Write a caption for this picture that explains what
you feel this picture is about. FIRST IMPRESSIONS (Pre-Assessment
Activity) Luigi Satori
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Mother, My Ruin Is Accomplished! Illustration from Luigi
Satori. Modern Dances (Colleg[e]ville, Indiana: St. Joseph's
Printing Office, 1910; GV1741.S3). General Collections. The
anti-dance literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries was aimed particularly at women, who were considered at
the time to be especially weak and therefore susceptible to their
potentially lustful dance partners. Luigi Satori published a
vehement assault on dancing in his Modern Dances, in which he
equates the waltz with breaking the Sixth Commandment, forbidding
adultery. This illustration, taken from that volume, shows a young
woman confessing her downfall, presumably brought about by dancing,
to her dismayed mother. The full text of this work, along with that
of many other dance manuals, is found on the American Memory Web
site An American Ballroom Companion. The anti-dance literature of
the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was aimed
particularly at women, who were considered at the time to be
especially weak and therefore susceptible to their potentially
lustful dance partners. Luigi Satori published a vehement assault
on dancing in his Modern Dances, in which he equates the waltz with
breaking the Sixth Commandment, forbidding adultery. This
illustration, taken from that volume, shows a young woman
confessing her downfall, presumably brought about by dancing, to
her dismayed mother. The full text of this work, along with that of
many other dance manuals, is found on the American Memory Web site
An American Ballroom Companion.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awmusic8/special_dance.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awmusic8/special_dance.htmlhttp://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awmusic8/special_dance.html
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Shall We Dance? Review the set of photos and select one. For
more photos, go to the Library of Congress, Prints & Photos
Collection. Review the set of photos and select one. For more
photos, go to the Library of Congress, Prints & Photos
Collection. Research the social and dance-etiquette requirements
using the Library of Congress Dance Instruction Manuals collection.
Research the social and dance-etiquette requirements using the
Library of Congress Dance Instruction Manuals collection. Based on
your findings, write a brief, in-class essay explaining how the
photo supports or opposes Satoris comments as well as those found
in the dance manuals. Based on your findings, write a brief,
in-class essay explaining how the photo supports or opposes Satoris
comments as well as those found in the dance manuals. Choose a
popular, current dance-style, and write a dance manual. Choose a
popular, current dance-style, and write a dance manual.
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The Ballroom, - Salute Partners (1902)
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The Ballroom, - The Waltz (1902)
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A Ballroom Tragedy American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
(1905).
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"Her step was as light as the marble fawn, dancing the Marble
Waltz" (1907)
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List of Resources The following is a sample of dance manuals
that will be helpful in your research of dance attitudes and
etiquette. The links are provided for ease of access. The following
is a sample of dance manuals that will be helpful in your research
of dance attitudes and etiquette. The links are provided for ease
of access.
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Library of Congress Resources
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/dihome.html
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How to Dance the Tango, Hesitation Waltz and Other Popular
Dances. (1914) This pamphlet on the tango, claimed by its author to
have been "shorn of crudities which caused it to be criticized,"
describes a variety of steps and step combinations.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@fi
eld(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+155))
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Bregeiro; Rio Brazilian Maxixe; Tango Bresiliene. (1914)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/dukesm:@field(DOC
ID+@lit(ncdhasm.a6021))
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At the Million Dollar Tango Ball. (1914)
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/dukes
m:@field(DOCID+@lit(ncdha sm.a0077))
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THE TANGO and OTHER UP-to-DATE DANCES: a practical guide to all
the latest dances, tango, one step, innovation, hesitation, etc.,
described step by step by J. S. Hopkins; illustrated with
photographs posed by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle, Joseph C. Smith...
and many other famous dancers. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od 1(musdi+097))
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The Modern Dances, how to dance them, by Caroline Walker;
complete instructions for learning the tango, or one step, the
Castle walk, the walking Boston, the hesitation waltz, the dream
waltz, the Argentine tango. [3d ed.] Chicago, Saul Brothers, 1914.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUM
BER+@od1(musdi+161))
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Tango and Other Dances The tango and the new dances for
ballroom and home, by Maurice [pseud.]... illustrated with
photographs and diagrams. All steps described so plainly anyone can
readily learn them. ( Chicago, Laird & Lee, Inc. [c1914]) The
tango and the new dances for ballroom and home, by Maurice
[pseud.]... illustrated with photographs and diagrams. All steps
described so plainly anyone can readily learn them. ( Chicago,
Laird & Lee, Inc. [c1914]) http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+239))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+239))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+239))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+239))
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Ball-Room Dancing Handbooks Handbook of ball-room dancing, by
Paymaster-Commander A. M. Cree, R.N., with an introduction by
George Grossmith; illustrated with diagrams. (London, John Lane;
New York, John Lane Co., 1920.) Handbook of ball-room dancing, by
Paymaster-Commander A. M. Cree, R.N., with an introduction by
George Grossmith; illustrated with diagrams. (London, John Lane;
New York, John Lane Co., 1920.) http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+05 1))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+05
1))http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+05
1))http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+05 1))
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American Memory Resources Antidance Literature -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay8.html Antidance
Literature - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay8.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay8.html Dance: Religious
Aspects http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+208)) Dance:
Religious Aspects http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+208))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+208))
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@field(NUMBER+@od1(musdi+208)) Etiquette
- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Etiquette.+)):heading=Etiquette
Etiquette - http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Etiquette.+)):heading=Etiquette
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Etiquette.+)):heading=Etiquette
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/r?ammem/musdibib:@FIELD(SUBJ+@band(+Etiquette.+)):heading=Etiquette
Nineteenth Century Social Dance -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay6.html Nineteenth Century
Social Dance - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay6.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay6.html Ragtime Dance -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay7.html Ragtime Dance -
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay7.html
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/diessay7.html
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Has Dancing Really Changed? Has the social perception or
attitude towards dancing changed regarding contemporary styles of
dancing? Using resources provided from the LC Memory Collection.
Research the social and dance-etiquette requirements for the late
19 th and early 20 th centuries. Using resources provided from the
LC Memory Collection. Research the social and dance-etiquette
requirements for the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries.THEN
Using current articles and personal experience, write a brief essay
comparing the social aspects of the previous era to todays culture.
Using current articles and personal experience, write a brief essay
comparing the social aspects of the previous era to todays
culture.OR Write a brief article describing your findings
convincing your readers that the perception of dancing styles has
or has not changed through the ages. Write a brief article
describing your findings convincing your readers that the
perception of dancing styles has or has not changed through the
ages.