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    Teacher's Manual Of Ballroom Dancing
    Teacher's Manual Of Ballroom Dancing
    Teacher's Manual Of Ballroom Dancing
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    Teacher's Manual Of Ballroom Dancing

    By Norman Dorothy

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    This early work by dance instructor Dorothy Norman Cropper is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the fundamentals of ballroom dancing and body mechanics but also outlines other aspects of the art such as etiquette and organising classes. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the techniques of ballroom dancing and its various styles. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 10, 2013
    ISBN9781447484394
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      CHAPTER I.

      Although any chapter may be used for reference work, to begin at the beginning and slowly study each successive chapter will produce far greater results for those who wish to teach ballroom dancing efficiently. Much trouble and no end of technical difficulties have been experienced in the past because of a lack of understanding, on the part of the teacher, regarding fundamentals. To proceed logically in any subject we should begin with the truths or facts concerning its fundamentals; realizing that a thorough ground work makes it possible eventually to erect a greater structure. For a teacher to be able to teach a dance is not enough; he should completely understand every law that contributes toward the perfect performance of it whether it be a law of music or of body mechanics.

      Ballroom dancing, the very basis of our social-life activities to-day, receives, on the whole, less attention and study than it deserves. To dance beautifully has been an acknowledged social asset since the earliest times and yet people have repeatedly neglected the study of ballroom dancing for the simple reason that since everyone does it, it must be natural and therefore not a subject that really need be studied. Let an evening with an untrained dancer or a look at any dance floor convince you to the contrary.

      It is quite true that ballroom dancing is indulged in mostly by amateur dancers and this is as it should be when we consider it in the light of a social pastime. Any pastime, however, may be well done or poorly done. Equally, contract bridge is a pastime and, the same as dancing, indulged in largely by amateurs, but practically any good bridge player could resent an obviously poor or even mediocre player with impunity where the good dancer is seemingly supposed to take on anyone who comes along, grin and bear

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