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The Art of Dancing (Johnson Smith & Co., 1935)
Publisher: Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit 7, Michigan. Book No. 1301. Copyright 1935 by Johnson Smith & Company. Printed in U.S.A. Source: archive.org identifier art-of-dancing.j-s.1935 (djvu OCR). Advertised alongside Johnson Smith's novelty catalog (jokes, magic, hypnotism, boxing, mind-reading). Pocket-sized Depression-era social-dance manual covering: (Ch.1) Ballroom Fundamentals — hold, walk, body balance, body sway, partner etiquette; (Ch.2) The Waltz — Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Forward Changes, Backward Changes, The Corte with hesitation, elaboration of the Reverse Turn; (Ch.3) The Fox Trot — Three Step, Feather Step, Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Reverse Wave (9-step), Change of Direction; embedded Quick-Step section with Walk & Chasse, Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Quarter Turns, Charleston variation, Zig-Zag; (Ch.4) Dancing the Carlo — 14-picture illustrated exhibition novelty; (Ch.5) The Charleston — including walk variation; (Ch.6) The Continental — the 'kiss dance' from the 1934 film *The Gay Divorcee*; (Ch.7) The Tango — Side Promenade, Open Promenade, Rocking, recent advanced variation; (Ch.8) The College Rhumba — 1934 Paramount *College Rhythm* film novelty with 'Shake the Shoulders' and 'Go to Town a Bit' lyrical break; (Ch.9) The Grand March — March in File, March in Column, March by Platoons, Arbor March, Serpentine March; Pop Goes the Weasel figure; (Ch.10) The Manhattan — 15-picture illustrated exhibition acrobatic novelty; (Ch.11) Art of Calling — prompter's voice / pitch / timing guidance, with explanation of quadrille movements (Right-and-Left, Balance, Ladies Chain, Forward Two, Cross Over, Chassez, Right Hand Across and Left Hand Back, Balance in Place, Balance to Corners, Hands All Round, All Promenade); the Plain Quadrille (Pantalon-L'Été-Poule-Pastorale-Finale); the Lancers; the Saratoga Lancers; Waltz of Yesterday (old-rotary waltz), Plain Waltz (open modern style), Glide Waltz, Polka Mazourka Waltz; (Ch.12) Twentieth Century — novelty waltz of recent origin; (Ch.13) The Caledonians; The Prince Imperial; (Ch.14) La Rumba — pre-DVIDA 1930s Cuban Rumba novelty with 10-picture illustration; (Ch.15) The Waltz Quadrilles Nos. 1 and 2; The Parisian Varieties; Quadrille Figures (Basket, Star, March, Jig, Cheat, Minuet, Nine-Pin); (Ch.16) The Caliente — Mexican novelty; (Ch.17) The French Fox Trot; The Argentine Tango (Walk, Turn, Promenade, Link Step, Progressive Three-Step/Chassis); The New Campus Caper; Popular Band Leader's Advice to Dancers. Attests the English Modern Ballroom (Waltz/Fox Trot/Quick-Step/Tango) technique as stabilized in the early 1930s, bridging the Castle-era (1914-1923) and the DVIDA/ISTD post-war canonicalization (1960s-1970s). Its novelty-dance inventory (Continental, College Rhumba, Carlo, Manhattan, Caliente, Twentieth Century, La Rumba, Campus Caper) is one of the most complete 1935 snapshots of the Hollywood/Broadway social-novelty scene.Year: 1935Family: js-artCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Johnson Smith & Company, Detroit 7, Michigan. Book No. 1301. Copyright 1935 by Johnson Smith & Company. Printed in U.S.A. Source: archive.org identifier art-of-dancing.j-s.1935 (djvu OCR). Advertised alongside Johnson Smith's novelty catalog (jokes, magic, hypnotism, boxing, mind-reading). Pocket-sized Depression-era social-dance manual covering: (Ch.1) Ballroom Fundamentals — hold, walk, body balance, body sway, partner etiquette; (Ch.2) The Waltz — Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Forward Changes, Backward Changes, The Corte with hesitation, elaboration of the Reverse Turn; (Ch.3) The Fox Trot — Three Step, Feather Step, Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Reverse Wave (9-step), Change of Direction; embedded Quick-Step section with Walk & Chasse, Natural Turn, Reverse Turn, Quarter Turns, Charleston variation, Zig-Zag; (Ch.4) Dancing the Carlo — 14-picture illustrated exhibition novelty; (Ch.5) The Charleston — including walk variation; (Ch.6) The Continental — the 'kiss dance' from the 1934 film *The Gay Divorcee*; (Ch.7) The Tango — Side Promenade, Open Promenade, Rocking, recent advanced variation; (Ch.8) The College Rhumba — 1934 Paramount *College Rhythm* film novelty with 'Shake the Shoulders' and 'Go to Town a Bit' lyrical break; (Ch.9) The Grand March — March in File, March in Column, March by Platoons, Arbor March, Serpentine March; Pop Goes the Weasel figure; (Ch.10) The Manhattan — 15-picture illustrated exhibition acrobatic novelty; (Ch.11) Art of Calling — prompter's voice / pitch / timing guidance, with explanation of quadrille movements (Right-and-Left, Balance, Ladies Chain, Forward Two, Cross Over, Chassez, Right Hand Across and Left Hand Back, Balance in Place, Balance to Corners, Hands All Round, All Promenade); the Plain Quadrille (Pantalon-L'Été-Poule-Pastorale-Finale); the Lancers; the Saratoga Lancers; Waltz of Yesterday (old-rotary waltz), Plain Waltz (open modern style), Glide Waltz, Polka Mazourka Waltz; (Ch.12) Twentieth Century — novelty waltz of recent origin; (Ch.13) The Caledonians; The Prince Imperial; (Ch.14) La Rumba — pre-DVIDA 1930s Cuban Rumba novelty with 10-picture illustration; (Ch.15) The Waltz Quadrilles Nos. 1 and 2; The Parisian Varieties; Quadrille Figures (Basket, Star, March, Jig, Cheat, Minuet, Nine-Pin); (Ch.16) The Caliente — Mexican novelty; (Ch.17) The French Fox Trot; The Argentine Tango (Walk, Turn, Promenade, Link Step, Progressive Three-Step/Chassis); The New Campus Caper; Popular Band Leader's Advice to Dancers. Attests the English Modern Ballroom (Waltz/Fox Trot/Quick-Step/Tango) technique as stabilized in the early 1930s, bridging the Castle-era (1914-1923) and the DVIDA/ISTD post-war canonicalization (1960s-1970s). Its novelty-dance inventory (Continental, College Rhumba, Carlo, Manhattan, Caliente, Twentieth Century, La Rumba, Campus Caper) is one of the most complete 1935 snapshots of the Hollywood/Broadway social-novelty scene. (1935). Imported from local collection.