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Assistant for A. Dodworth's Pupils (Allen Dodworth, 1883, last edition)
Publisher: Allen Dodworth / Nesbitt & Co. Printers, corner of Pearl and Pine Streets, New York, 1883 (entered 1882; Richard Powers collection). Last printed edition before the 1900 retrospective 'Dancing and its Relations to Education and Social Life'. Written after 30+ years of teaching and 20,000+ pupils. Covers Advice to Pupils (Manners, Ladies/Gentlemen), German Quadrille (5 figures), Cheat/Coquette, Basket Dancer, Virginia Reel; The Lanciers (Hart's 5 figures), Dodworth's New Lanciers (5 figures), The Polo (new 5-figure quadrille, copyright 1880 Wm. A. Pond); Waltzing guidance (D'Orsay quotes + better position); and 89 numbered figures of The German (Cotillon) including Dodworth's original inventions. Fills the 1873/1878/1882 → 1900 Dodworth sequence.Year: 1883Family: dodworthCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Allen Dodworth / Nesbitt & Co. Printers, corner of Pearl and Pine Streets, New York, 1883 (entered 1882; Richard Powers collection). Last printed edition before the 1900 retrospective 'Dancing and its Relations to Education and Social Life'. Written after 30+ years of teaching and 20,000+ pupils. Covers Advice to Pupils (Manners, Ladies/Gentlemen), German Quadrille (5 figures), Cheat/Coquette, Basket Dancer, Virginia Reel; The Lanciers (Hart's 5 figures), Dodworth's New Lanciers (5 figures), The Polo (new 5-figure quadrille, copyright 1880 Wm. A. Pond); Waltzing guidance (D'Orsay quotes + better position); and 89 numbered figures of The German (Cotillon) including Dodworth's original inventions. Fills the 1873/1878/1882 → 1900 Dodworth sequence. (1883). Imported from local collection.