Dance Descriptions
for dances taught by Richard Powers at the
2014 Kirov Historic Dance Workshop

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

Dance Descriptions
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     Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century   
     Richard's compilation of Regency Era dance steps   
     1819 Mescolanzes   
     Regency Setting Steps for Mescolanzes and other dances   
     1818 Swedish Dance   
     The Tyrolese Dance   
     1829 Original Gallopade   
     J. S. Pollock's dance manual that contains those dances   
     Redowa and Hongroise   
     The Gothic Dance   
     Columbia, Bronco and Late 19th Century Schottische Variations   
     Social Dances of the Ragtime Era   
     Dance Fashions of the Ragtime Era   
     Early Buenos Aires Tango   
     That tango is from this dance manual   
     This is how the tango changed through time   
     Ragtime One-Step variations  
     Ragtime Era Dance Holds   
     A few other dances not taught this week   


Dance Music
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     1819 Mescolanzes   
     1818 Swedish Dance   
     1829 Original Gallopade   
     The Gothic Dance   
     Those are on Lexington Vintage Dance's
        Regency Era Ball-Room Music CD, and    
        Double CD of 19th Century Ball-Room Music   
     The Tyrolese Dance 
     La Hongroise   
     Columbia and Bronco  
     Early Argentine Tango  
  If you see "file is corrupt," read the above directions again.  
     One-Step "Whispering"   


Other Vintage Dance Weeks and more

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