A nineteenth-century dancing master at the Court of Wurttemberg: the dance notebooks of Michel St. Leon

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The Duke of Wurttemberg employed Michel St. Leon for 21 years in the early 19th century to provide dance instruction for his children. Dance training was considered an important part of aristocratic childrens' education which would prepare them for upper class European society. At the same time as he taught the duke's children, St. Leon provided his son Arthur, an aspiring professional dancer, with training for his chosen profession. Thus his dance notebooks describe two types of dance training. Excerpts are given.

Nobility, Dancing for children, Children's dancing

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Dance history in higher education at the university of California, Riverside, 1953-1993: a memoir

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Christena L. Schlundt describes her experiences as an instructor in the Physical Education department of the University of California, Riverside. Schlundt describes the evolution of a program for dance majors including history, research, philosophy and languages. The university-wide administration helped in forming the first Intercampus M.A. in Dance History in 1982. The University of California offers a PhD in Dance with Selma Jeanne Cohen at its head as Distinguished Scholar.

Personal narratives, University of California (Riverside), Dance teachers

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The Jack Cole notebooks

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Information collated by Jack Cole, a dancer and choreographer in the form of five scrapbooks, held by the Theatre Museum in London, in Convent Garden helps to understand the driving force behind his work. The scrapbooks reveal Cole's life as a dancer and choreographer and his early association with Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman to his nightclubs acts.

United Kingdom, Blankbooks and looseleaf binders, Album & Scrap Books, Blankbook, Loose leaf Binders, and Devices Manufacturing, Criticism and interpretation, Collections and collecting, Scrapbooks, Cole, Jack

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