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Arthur Murray — The Modern Dances Advanced Course (1922, Enge collection mimeograph)
Publisher: Arthur Murray School of Dancing, One Hundred Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Copyright 1922, by Arthur Murray. From the collection of Nick Enge. Enge-collection mimeograph variant of the Murray Advanced Course complementing MURRAY-ADV22 (Powers-collection variant of the same 1922 Advanced Course). All steps are danced as part of the Fox Trot and to regular Fox Trot music. Contents (in order of appearance): Tango Step in the Fox Trot; College Rock (Simple Rocking Step), Two-Step Rock, Rock and Change in the College Rock, Lift in the College Rock; Society Walk; Advanced Left Turn; Cross Step in the Fox Trot; Half Turn; Junior Society Walk; Cart-Wheel Turn; Murray Rock; Shuffle Step; Conversation Walk — To the Rear Turn; Advanced To the Rear Turn; Right Aeroplane Whirl; Aeroplane Whirl Turning to Left; Waltz Canter; Cut Step in the Canter. Followed by an extensive Etiquette of the Ballroom section (deferred from canonical figure ingestion) covering Invitations, Acknowledgments, Correct Dress, Introductions, Details of Balls and Dances, Hostess Duties, Etiquette of Dancers, Correct Position When Dancing, When You Are Host, the Dansant or Tea-Dance, and Correct Conversation.Year: 1922Family: murrayCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Arthur Murray School of Dancing, One Hundred Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Copyright 1922, by Arthur Murray. From the collection of Nick Enge. Enge-collection mimeograph variant of the Murray Advanced Course complementing MURRAY-ADV22 (Powers-collection variant of the same 1922 Advanced Course). All steps are danced as part of the Fox Trot and to regular Fox Trot music. Contents (in order of appearance): Tango Step in the Fox Trot; College Rock (Simple Rocking Step), Two-Step Rock, Rock and Change in the College Rock, Lift in the College Rock; Society Walk; Advanced Left Turn; Cross Step in the Fox Trot; Half Turn; Junior Society Walk; Cart-Wheel Turn; Murray Rock; Shuffle Step; Conversation Walk — To the Rear Turn; Advanced To the Rear Turn; Right Aeroplane Whirl; Aeroplane Whirl Turning to Left; Waltz Canter; Cut Step in the Canter. Followed by an extensive Etiquette of the Ballroom section (deferred from canonical figure ingestion) covering Invitations, Acknowledgments, Correct Dress, Introductions, Details of Balls and Dances, Hostess Duties, Etiquette of Dancers, Correct Position When Dancing, When You Are Host, the Dansant or Tea-Dance, and Correct Conversation. (1922). Imported from local collection.