(via FRENCH CANCAN: Apaches in the late 1800’s / early 1900’s in France (part 2))
dancer from the dance
Dumbell - A Stumbling Fox Trot Full of Tricks (1922)
Slow and Easy (1919)
Bessie Love Shows You How to Charleston
Plates from Kellom Tomlinson’s manual “The Art of Dancing” (1735), which combines Raoul Auger Feuillet’s method of notation with illustrations of a couple performing a minuet. Images from: http://minuetcompany.org/
La vraie “Rumba”
swing (by Millie Motts)
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Our favourite cinematic dance steps, inspired by Damsels in Distress
In Whit Stillman’s new film Damsels in Distress, Violet (Greta Gerwig) has her heart set on starting a dance craze called The Sambola. Her creation involves a clockwise spin for a count of 8, a tango for 6, face-to-face for 2 and then cha-cha for 8. “If you can count to 8 you can do the Sambola!” says the on-screen title as the dance begins. In that spirit, Nathalie Atkinson surveys her favourite cinematic hot steps.
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Bossa Nova
“Modern Dancing,” Encylopedia Britannica, c. 1920s
