Latest Blog Posts for Vintage Ballroom Dancing

• When the Guest Does Not Dance
  on Sep 8, 2012 in Etiquette
  Always at a dance, formal or informal, there are guests who do not dance. Usually they are men, for there is rarely a woman who does not know the steps of the latest dances—that is, if she ever does accept invitations at all. But "the guest who doe...
• The Quadrille
  on Jan 9, 2012 in Dance Steps
  The quadrille is the most universal, as it is most certainly the most sociable of all fashionable dances. It admits of pleasant conversation, frequent interchange of partners, and is adapted to every age. The young or old, the ponderous pater familia...
• Dancing Positions
  on Feb 17, 2011 in Men Etiquette Women
  Dancing has been revolutionized since the day when the German waltz was first introduced to polite society. And it is safe to say that some of our austere granddames would feel righteously indignant if they were suddenly brought back to the ballroom...
• The Charm of Dress in Dancing
  on Mar 11, 2010 in Dress
  Immediately after the Reign of Terror, France was plunged into a reckless round of unrestrained gaiety that can come only from love of life and youth and laughter long pent-up. It was as though an avalanche of joy had been released; it was in realit...
• What Makes A Young Girl A Ballroom Success
  on Feb 9, 2010 in Debutantes
  Adapted from Miss Emily PostA pessimistic one might suppose that a ballroom is always a chamber of torture and the young girl taken as an example above, a very drab and distorted caricature of what "a real young girl" should be and is. But remember,...
• The Polka
  on Feb 21, 2009 in Dance Steps
  In the polka there an but two principal steps, all others belong to fancy dances, and much mischief and inconvenience is likely to arise from their improper introduction into the ball-room.First step. The gentleman raises the left foot slightly behin...
• Women's Accessories
  on Aug 23, 2008 in Dress Women
  The woman wears her most elaborate evening wrap to the ball. Soft materials in light shades are suggested, with trimmings of fur for the winter months. A wrap of old blue or old rose velvet with a collar of white fog is becoming and attractive when...
• Women's Accessories for a Ball
  on Aug 23, 2008 in Dress Women
  The woman wears her most elaborate evening wrap to the ball. Soft materials in light shades are suggested, with trimmings of fur for the winter months. A wrap of old blue or old rose velvet with a collar of white fog is becoming and attractive when...
• Ballroom Dancing: Women's Accessories
  on Aug 23, 2008 in Dress Women
  The woman wears her most elaborate evening wrap to the ball. Soft materials in light shades are suggested, with trimmings of fur for the winter months. A wrap of old blue or old rose velvet with a collar of white fog is becoming and attractive when...
• What a Gentleman Wears to the Ball
  on Aug 21, 2008 in Dress Men
  In summer, the gentleman may wear a complete suit of gray with a white duck waistcoat and light linen to the afternoon dance, completing his costume with black patent leather shoes or oxford ties, light gray gloves, and straw hat with black and white...

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