Dance: A Very Social History
128 pages
158 illustrations
This title is out of print.
Foreword
Philippe de Montebello
Preface
Diana Vreeland
Introduction
Yoshio Ohno
Chapter 1: Dreams of Flight
Carol McD. Wallace
Dancing Lessons
Stages of the Ball
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Social Dancing
Don McDonagh
Chapter 3: The Fabric of Dance: Whalebone and Swirling Silk
Jean L. Druesedow
Chapter 4: The Iconography of Dance
Laurence Libin and Constance Old
Picture Credits
Met Art in Publication
Lucile Ltd., New York
1914–29
Paul Gavarni [Chevalier]
ca. 1840
Alfred Stevens
1874
Rudolph Ackermann, London
1809–28
Paul Gavarni [Chevalier]
1833
Mr. Lechard
18th century
Marie-Louis-Pierre Vidal
1899
Lou Barlow
1939
Antoine Jean Duclos
1774
1690–1700
1775–1800
Paul Gavarni [Chevalier]
19th century
ca. 1818
1845–49
1858–59
Maison Pingat
ca. 1864
Maison Pingat
ca. 1864
James McNeill Whistler
1883
ca. 1905
1700–1939
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Citation
Wallace, Carol, and Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.), eds. 1986. Dance: A Very Social History. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Rizzoli.