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The Tango and Turkey Trot Made Easy (Laura Guerite / Parpen Publishing Co., New York, 1913)
Publisher: Miss Laura Guerite (b. Grasse, France; daughter of Capt. Lawrence Pierre Guerite, perfumery flower-grower; came to America at age 2; first stage appearance at age 5 in 'A WIFE'S HONOR'; title role in 'LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY' at age 9; tutored under ballet maestro Sig. Espinozee in Europe; engaged as Premier Danseuse at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago by Kiralfy; 'GIRL IN THE TAXI'; popularizer of 'EVERYBODY'S DOING IT', 'I WANT TO BE IN DIXIE', 'SOME BOY'). Published by Parpen Publishing Company, New York; copyrighted 1913, entered at Stationer's Hall. Printed by J. W. Clement Co., Buffalo NY. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Tango_Turkey_Trot.txt — 164 lines OCR). 32-page composite pamphlet with sheet-music interleaved (Brazilian Dreams Tango; September Eve A Trot by Will H. Dixon copyright MCMXIII Penn Music Co; Boston Dip; La Senorita) and 19+ photograph figures (Figs 1-19). Contents: (i) Introduction (~3 pp biographical sketch of Miss Guerite); (ii) The Tango (~4 pp prose + sheet-music interleaved) with 9 numbered Tango figures (To Do The Corte; Third Figure chasse-turn; Fourth Figure The Eight; Fifth Figure side-step chasse progression; Sixth Figure Media Luna; Seventh Figure croise + slow half-turn; Eighth Figure forward-step + chasse; Ninth Figure Parisian Tango Dip) plus an Additional Set of 6 Steps (Step 1 advance+turn+dip; Step 2 advance+kick+turn; Step 3 advance+turn+curtsey; Step 4 advance+glide+turn; Step 5 advance+mark-time-sway; Step 6 advance+slow-turn+reverse-away) totalling 15 named tango figures; (iii) The Turkey Trot or One-Step (~3 pp + Brazilian Dreams sheet music) with 3 numbered figures (Plain Walk Step; Zigzag/Serpentine Dip; One-Step Glide); (iv) The Boston Dip Waltz (~2 pp + Boston Dip sheet music) with 3-section composite figure (Main Sequence + Reverse + Separation diversion); (v) La Senorita — The New Spanish Waltz (~1.5 pp) — composed dance for 2 couples with E.A. Prinz NAMD endorsement letter, 16-measure complete-partner-change choreography. The EARLIEST POWERS-collection US Tango+Turkey-Trot composite pamphlet (predates Castle 1914 by ~1 year, Walker 1914 by 1 year, Maurice 1914 by 1 year). Documents 1913 NYC exhibition-Tango aesthetic of the Plaza / Ritz-Carlton / Waldorf-Astoria / Sherry's / Delmonico's circuit. Pairs with POWERS-1912-MULFORD-HESWAL as the 1912/1913 transitional composed-dance bracket between Robert/Sheafe 1912 and Castle 1914. Distinct from POWERS-1914-MAURICE (Maurice Mouvet 1914) and POWERS-1914-CASTLE (Castle 1914) by 1-year priority and Parpen-NYC imprint provenance.Year: 1913Family: guerite-tango-ttCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Miss Laura Guerite (b. Grasse, France; daughter of Capt. Lawrence Pierre Guerite, perfumery flower-grower; came to America at age 2; first stage appearance at age 5 in 'A WIFE'S HONOR'; title role in 'LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY' at age 9; tutored under ballet maestro Sig. Espinozee in Europe; engaged as Premier Danseuse at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago by Kiralfy; 'GIRL IN THE TAXI'; popularizer of 'EVERYBODY'S DOING IT', 'I WANT TO BE IN DIXIE', 'SOME BOY'). Published by Parpen Publishing Company, New York; copyrighted 1913, entered at Stationer's Hall. Printed by J. W. Clement Co., Buffalo NY. Source: Richard Powers collection (POWERS/Tango_Turkey_Trot.txt — 164 lines OCR). 32-page composite pamphlet with sheet-music interleaved (Brazilian Dreams Tango; September Eve A Trot by Will H. Dixon copyright MCMXIII Penn Music Co; Boston Dip; La Senorita) and 19+ photograph figures (Figs 1-19). Contents: (i) Introduction (~3 pp biographical sketch of Miss Guerite); (ii) The Tango (~4 pp prose + sheet-music interleaved) with 9 numbered Tango figures (To Do The Corte; Third Figure chasse-turn; Fourth Figure The Eight; Fifth Figure side-step chasse progression; Sixth Figure Media Luna; Seventh Figure croise + slow half-turn; Eighth Figure forward-step + chasse; Ninth Figure Parisian Tango Dip) plus an Additional Set of 6 Steps (Step 1 advance+turn+dip; Step 2 advance+kick+turn; Step 3 advance+turn+curtsey; Step 4 advance+glide+turn; Step 5 advance+mark-time-sway; Step 6 advance+slow-turn+reverse-away) totalling 15 named tango figures; (iii) The Turkey Trot or One-Step (~3 pp + Brazilian Dreams sheet music) with 3 numbered figures (Plain Walk Step; Zigzag/Serpentine Dip; One-Step Glide); (iv) The Boston Dip Waltz (~2 pp + Boston Dip sheet music) with 3-section composite figure (Main Sequence + Reverse + Separation diversion); (v) La Senorita — The New Spanish Waltz (~1.5 pp) — composed dance for 2 couples with E.A. Prinz NAMD endorsement letter, 16-measure complete-partner-change choreography. The EARLIEST POWERS-collection US Tango+Turkey-Trot composite pamphlet (predates Castle 1914 by ~1 year, Walker 1914 by 1 year, Maurice 1914 by 1 year). Documents 1913 NYC exhibition-Tango aesthetic of the Plaza / Ritz-Carlton / Waldorf-Astoria / Sherry's / Delmonico's circuit. Pairs with POWERS-1912-MULFORD-HESWAL as the 1912/1913 transitional composed-dance bracket between Robert/Sheafe 1912 and Castle 1914. Distinct from POWERS-1914-MAURICE (Maurice Mouvet 1914) and POWERS-1914-CASTLE (Castle 1914) by 1-year priority and Parpen-NYC imprint provenance. (1913). Imported from local collection.