Brief Histories of Social Dance by Richard Powers

Powers Bibliography of Dance Manuals

Free downloads of some of those sources

Nick Enge's Bibliography of Dance Manuals, with downloads

Guidelines for Dance Research and Reconstruction

Field Research in Historical Dance

Correct Nineteenth Century Dance Technique

The Role of a Nineteenth Century Dance Master

Bringing Historic Dances to Life Onstage

Tips for Teaching Historic (or any) Dance

Historic Dance Reconstructions by Richard Powers
A short list, from 750 reconstructions

19th Century                                             20th Century

Social Dances of the 19th Century	Social Dances of the Ragtime Era
Romany Polka	One-Step Variations
64 videos of Romany Polka	1899 Cake Walk Quadrille
Bohemian National Polka	Early Buenos Aires Tango
132 videos of Bohemian National Polka	Joan Sawyer's Persian Gardens Tango
Russian Mazourka Quadrille	Skaters Tango, Half and Half
Mazurka Steps     Tours Sur Place	American One-Step Tango
19th Century Polka Variations	Rio Tango
Valse à Cinq Temps, Five-Step Waltz	The Maxixe
Basley's Canon Galopade Quadrille	The Castle Walk
36 Variations of Nine-Pin Quadrilles	The Castle Schottische
Skittle Nine-Pins Quadrille	The French Apache Dance
Guaracha and the Spanish Dances	1910 Texas Tommy
Two versions of the Rustic Reel	Social Dances of the Jazz Age
The Swiss Dance	1920 American Blues in Paris
Grand Polonaise	1928 Lindy Hop
Royal Horse Guards Quadrille	Original 1937 Big Apple
1802 Congo Minuet	1937 Lambeth Walk
1825 Ecossaise	1938 Palais Glide
1829 Original Gallopade	Teen Dances of the 1950s
Scotch 6-Hand Reel	1960s Evolution of Line Dances
Triplet Polka Quadrille	The Ländler from The Sound of Music
Quadrille Francais des Bals Publics	1970s Disco Hustle

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