Letters on dancing
An edition of Letters on dancing (1832)
reducing this elegant and healthful exercise to easy scientific principles ...
By E. A. Théleur
Publish Date
1832
Publisher
Printed for the Author by Sherwood & Co.
Language
eng
Pages
104
Description:
This manual is considered one of the most important discussions regarding the style and steps of early Romantic ballet. A dancer and dancing master, Théleur (née Taylor; fl. c. 1817-c. 1844), wrote his manual in the form of a series of thirteen letters that includes a brief history of dance as well as a section devoted to social dance. The book is enhanced by full-page prints, including illustrations of dancers on full pointe. Théleurʼs dance notation system, the first in the nineteenth century, also helps illuminate theatrical dance practices of the time.