[78-L] Dance history (was: (no subject))

[Michael Biel]

Several years ago at the Centre College/Danville.KY annual conference at 
the Great American Brass Band Festival, we had a demonstration of the 
development of modern ballroom dancing.  The woman (whose name escapes 
me at the moment) is a dancer and dance historian and is the daughter of 
a noted military band researcher.  One year she and her partner 
illustrated her father's talk on the close relationship between the 
military march tempo and classic ragtime tempo, and why military bands 
were the major purveyors of dance music at the turn of the century.  The 
next year she traced and demonstrated all of the dances that we find on 
our early records.  I have both of these demonstration talks on 
videotape.  I do need to get these to her and find out if she is doing 
any demo videos herself.  These talks were extraordinarily informative.

Mike Biel   mbiel at mbiel.com 

Kristjan Saag wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>   
>>>> When dancing something other than the waltz began to take off, in the
>>>> early 1910s/ snip
>>>>         
>
> I wrote:
>   
>>> Mazurka?
>>> Polka?
>>> Scotch Reel?
>>> Quadrille?
>>> Schottische?
>>> Redowa?
>>> Varsouvienne?
>>> Galop?
>>> Two-Step?
>>> Krakowiak?
>>> Cakewalk?
>>>       
>
> Steven C Barr wrote:
>   
>> Mainly, One-Step, Two-Step and the brand-new "Fox Trot!"
>> Traditional folk dances (like most of what you list above...!)
>> were starting to disappear!
>>     
>
> --
> That's what I wanted to say. At the turn of the 20th century it wasn't just 
> waltz that was danced, but a lot of other dances as well.
> Besides: the "traditional folk dances" above were all ballroom variations of 
> folk dances. Just as most modern dances have folk dance roots as well.
> Kristjan 
>
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