Dance Descriptions
for dances taught by Richard Powers at the
2017 Saint Petersburg Historic Dance Workshop

These are either Web pages or downloaded pdf pages that you can view or print out.

Dance Descriptions

     Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century   
     Correct 19th Century Dance Technique   
     Various descriptions of the basic Polka step   
     19th Century Polka Variations   
     Valse à Cinq Temps, the Five-Step Waltz   
     Social Dances of the Ragtime Era   
     Nick Enge's new page on Early Tango   
     1914 Moderation (7/4 tango)   
     Castle's Maxixe   
     Paris in the Jazz Age   
     1920s Blues and Camel Walk   
            DANCED AT THE BALL:  
     Bohemian National Polka   
     Romany Polka   
     Triplet Galop Quadrille   
     The Skittle Nine-Pins Quadrille   
     Philadelphia Schottische Quadrille   


Dance Music
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     Valse à Cinq Temps
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     19th Century Polka   
     Early Tango   
     Early Russian Tango   
     1914 Moderation                                       
     Maxixe Dengozo   
     1920s Blues   
     1920s Fox Blues   


More

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