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The Modern Dances (Advanced Course) Parts II and III (Arthur Murray, 1924, published)
Publisher: Arthur Murray, 801 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Copyright 1924 by Arthur Murray. Source: archive.org identifier moderndancesadva00murr (djvu OCR). Published 1924 booklet form of the Advanced Course (Lessons 53-99) of Arthur Murray's correspondence dance instruction series, complementing the earlier 1922 Enge-mimeograph Advanced Course (MURRAY-ADV22) and the 1922 introductory Modern Dances (MURRAY-MD22) already in corpus. New for the 1924 published edition: extensive Waltz section (Debutante Waltz, Biltmore Waltz/Turn, Good Night Waltz, Reverse Ambassador Waltz, Rocking Movement in the Waltz, Ritz Waltz/Turn, Waltz Canter); expanded Fox Trot variations (Hesitation Walk, Junior Walk, Aeroplane Whirl Right and Left, Lorraine Fox Trot with Radio Taps, Murray Taps, Ritz Fox Trot with Three Slide, Harvard Taps, Princeton, Sheik Fox Trot, Syncopated Waltz-and-Rock, Army Walk, Rocking Movements in Fox Trot and New Tango, Tango-Fox Trot as an American Dance); and the Tango section (Tango Walk/Promenade, Corte with Lady's Part, Chasse in the Tango-Fox Trot, El Sharon, Single Cortez treated in three lessons, Prince of Wales, Royal Turn). Captures the 1924 Murray-school synthesis at the moment Murray's branded steps (Biltmore, Ritz, Lorraine, Murray Taps, Sheik) entered the public-domain American social-dance vocabulary via mass-market correspondence instruction. Lessons 89-99 cover etiquette (the Dansant or Tea-Dance) and are not figure entries.Year: 1924Family: murrayCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Arthur Murray, 801 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. Copyright 1924 by Arthur Murray. Source: archive.org identifier moderndancesadva00murr (djvu OCR). Published 1924 booklet form of the Advanced Course (Lessons 53-99) of Arthur Murray's correspondence dance instruction series, complementing the earlier 1922 Enge-mimeograph Advanced Course (MURRAY-ADV22) and the 1922 introductory Modern Dances (MURRAY-MD22) already in corpus. New for the 1924 published edition: extensive Waltz section (Debutante Waltz, Biltmore Waltz/Turn, Good Night Waltz, Reverse Ambassador Waltz, Rocking Movement in the Waltz, Ritz Waltz/Turn, Waltz Canter); expanded Fox Trot variations (Hesitation Walk, Junior Walk, Aeroplane Whirl Right and Left, Lorraine Fox Trot with Radio Taps, Murray Taps, Ritz Fox Trot with Three Slide, Harvard Taps, Princeton, Sheik Fox Trot, Syncopated Waltz-and-Rock, Army Walk, Rocking Movements in Fox Trot and New Tango, Tango-Fox Trot as an American Dance); and the Tango section (Tango Walk/Promenade, Corte with Lady's Part, Chasse in the Tango-Fox Trot, El Sharon, Single Cortez treated in three lessons, Prince of Wales, Royal Turn). Captures the 1924 Murray-school synthesis at the moment Murray's branded steps (Biltmore, Ritz, Lorraine, Murray Taps, Sheik) entered the public-domain American social-dance vocabulary via mass-market correspondence instruction. Lessons 89-99 cover etiquette (the Dansant or Tea-Dance) and are not figure entries. (1924). Imported from local collection.