ROUND DANCING — CHOREOGRAPHED BALLROOM

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Confession — Meredith and I didn't create any of the figures described in this manual. We are relying heavily on Roundalab's manual of phase-rated figures (1998, 2003, and current Web-based edition, available by subscription from Roundalab) and URDC's technical manual (2005). We use all that we can pick up from our teachers and their web sites (see our links page), from books mentioned in various introductory paragraphs and in the table below, and from many published cue sheets.

Therefore, we are happy to have anyone use this material for non-profit, educational purposes. Please let us know of your interest, give appropriate credit, and provide a link back to this site. On the other hand, please do not use this material for any commercial purpose.


We have tried to credit all of our sources, but if you find any material of yours being used in a way that you do not appreciate, please let us know, and we will remove it.


SOME OF THE SOURCES USED IN THIS MANUAL

25 Years Of American Dance, Doris Hering, ed., Rudolf Orthwine, Dance Magazine, NY, 1954.
Ballroom Dancing by Paul Bottomer, Sterling Publ, NY, 2002.
Ballroom Dancing by Alex Moore, Routledge, NY, 2002.
Castles in the Air by Irene Castle, Da Capo Press, NY, 1958.
Dance, A Very Social History by Carol McD. Wallace, et al., The metropolitan Museum of Art, NY,1986.
Dance A While by Jane A Harris et al, Macmillan Publ, NY, 1988.
Dancing Till Dawn, A Century of Exhibiion Ballroom Dance by Julie Malnig, NY Univ Press, NY, 1992.
How To Become A Good Dancer by Arthur Murray, Simon & Schuster, NY, 1959.
How To Dance Through Time, vol II, Dances of Ragtime Era: 1910-1920, a video, http://www.dancetimepublications.com/
International Encyclopedia Of Dance, Selma Jeanne Cohen, ed., Oxfort Univ. Press, NY, 2004.
John Martin's Bood Of the Dance by John Martin, Tudor Publ. Co., NY, 1963.
Latin American At Its Best -- Paso Doble by Shirley Aymé, © Shirley Aymé, 1996.
Latin American At Its Best -- Rumba by Shirley Aymé, Mayfair Int Publ, Monaco, 1999.
Latin American At Its Best -- Samba by Shirley Aymé, Mayfair Int Publ, Monaco, 1998.
Latin Dancing by D. & O. Ohanians, Sterling Publ, NY, 2002
Let's Dance, Social, Ballroom & Folk Dancing by Peter Buckman, Penguin Books, NY, 1979.
Modern Ballroom Dancing by Victor Silvester, Trafalgar Square Publ, North Pomfret, VT,1977, reprinted 1997.
Modern Dancing by Vernon and Irene Castle, originally published in 1914 by The World Syndicate Co., NY, reprinted by Lacis Publications, Berkeley, CA, 1998.
Old Time Dancing by Victor Silvester, Herbert Jenkins Ltd. London, 1949.
Round About by Roy & Phyllis Stier, published in Cue Sheet Magazine, 1987–1992, and compiled by Bob & Jeanne Granger, July, 1993.
Round Dancing by M. B. Gilbert, Portland, ME, 1890.
Shall We Dance by Eric Zimmerer, Ace of Hearts Publishing, Sunnyvale, CA, 2003
Social Dance, Steps to Success by Judy Patterson Wright, Leisure Press, Champaign, IL, 1992.
Standards for Round Dancing, Roundalab, The International Association of Round Dance Teachers, Inc., 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Tango, The Art History of Love by Robert Farris Thompson, Pantheon Books, NY, 2005.
Teach Yourself Ballroom Dancing by Peggy Spencer, ISTD, NTC Publ, Chicago IL, 1992.
Technical Dance Manual, URDC, The Universal Round Dance Council, 2005.
The Complete Book of Ballroom Dancing by Richard M. Stephenson & Joseph Iaccarino, Doubleday, NY, 1980.
The Complete Idiot's Guide To Ballroom Dancing by Jeff Allen, Alpha Books, Indianapolis, IN, 2002.
The Complete Old Time Dancer by Victor Silvester & Walter Whitman, Herbert Jenkins, London, 1967.
The Round Dance Book by Lloyd Shaw, Caxton Printers, Caldwell, Idaho, 1949.
What Is Dance? Readings In Theory and Criticism edited by Roger Copeland & Marshall Cohen, Oxfort U Press, NY, 1983.



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