Dance Descriptions
for dances taught by Richard Powers
2015 Château de Ligoure Stage

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Dance Descriptions
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     Les danses de société au 19ème siècle   
     Danses de société de l'époque Ragtime   
     La mode de l'époque Ragtime   
     Social Dances of the Jazz Age   
     The Borrowdale Exchange (first night party)   
     Joan Sawyer's Tango  
     1920s Tango Milonga in Paris   
     The Triangle Waltz Cotillion   
     Frankie Manning's Shim Sham Shimmy    
     Ragtime One-Step variations  
     Ragtime Era Dance Holds   
     1920s Blues  
     French Tango-Mazurka, Mazurka Clandestina   
     A video of some Mazurka Clandestina steps   
     Samba Variations   
     The Ländler from The Sound of Music   
     A video of the Ländler   
     The 1937 Lambeth Walk   
     Early films of the Lambeth Walk   


Dance Music
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     One-Step   
     Joan Sawyer Tango   
     Triangle Waltz Cotillion Figure 1   
            If you see "file is corrupt," read the above directions again.   
     Triangle Waltz Cotillion Figure 2   
     Triangle Waltz Cotillion Figure 4   
     Triangle Waltz Cotillion Figure 5   
     French Tango-Mazurka, Mazurka Clandestina   
     1922 Samba   
     The Lambeth Walk   


Other Dance Weeks and more

     Upcoming Dance Workshops   
     Richard's Home Page   
     Richard's collection of dance manuals   
     Download some of those sources free here