"The Ball nights in Bath are moments snatched from Paradise, rendered bewitching by music, beauty, elegance, fashion, etiquette. . . ." Thus did Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers describe the magic of a grand ball. Even the names of such dances as the minuet, the quadrille, and the waltz are enough to evoke the image of a resplendently dressed assemblage performing with grace and style. The anticipation that precedes such a great social occasion and the afterglow of recollection are intensified not just by the dance and the music but also by the costumes that are so integral a part of the experience. Dance offers a feast for the eye as well as the ear, for it is in response to the grand ball that costume artists have produced some of their most inspired designs. The collections of The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art are especially rich in clothing made expressly for dancing, from the formal gowns of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to the mini-dresses of the twentieth. This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum from December 17, 1987 through September 6, 1987. [This book was originally published in 1986 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.]

Dance: A Very Social History

Arts & Photography

Wallace, Carol McD.

McDonagh, Don

Druesedow, Jean L.

Libin, Laurence

Old, Constance

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Yale University Press

Brief career biographies of over one hundred important modern choreographers, from Maud Allan to Batya Zamir, are accompanied by descriptive analyses of their outstanding works

The Complete Guide to Modern Dance

Performing Arts

DOUBLEDAY

How to enjoy ballet

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How to Enjoy Ballet

Doubleday Publishing

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Random House]

Dance Fever

Don McDonagh's complete guide to modern dance

Popular Library

The Rise and Fall of Modern Dance

BERKLEY

Traces the career of the Russian-born choreographer, examines the structure of his ballets, and assesses his influence on modern dance

George Balanchine

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Twayne Pub

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