Couple dances
Histoire des danses de couples à deux et comment les danser? De la valse au foxtrot, en passant par le tango, le charleston, le menuet
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La Westendaise, a novelty dance by J. Quesnel
La Westendaise, danse nouvelle du début du 20ème siècle. Une création de Juliette Quesnel et Valentine Dutry, dite T. Valdury. Histoire et reconstruction de la chorégraphie
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The allemande, a dance throughout centuries
How did the "allemande" dance spanned the centuries? How did it evolve through time? Is it really from Germany, as the name implies? Answers.
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Menuet, a short story about minuet, 1882
"Menuet" is a short story by Guy de Maupassant. It bears witness to the obsession with the 18th century that was typical of the late 19th century.
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The Great Gatsby and Charleston, a love story?
Let's read together the novel The Great Gatsby and see what he was dancing. One presumes it is Charleston, but is it really?
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The pope, the tango and the furlana
The story of the Furlana, the dance that tried to dethrone Tango in the 1910s.
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The volta: myth and reality
The volta is a dance of the Renaissance, loved by Elizabeth I and others queens. It is often depicted in movies, but is this depiction true to its source?
