Historical SourcePublic DomainStep Figures Available
The Aeroplane Waltz or Glide: A Descriptive Dance Innovation (Joan Sawyer, 1914)
Publisher: Joan Sawyer ("Originator of this Season's most Popular Dance" / Persian Garden NYC) / Presto Publishing Co., Reg. New York & London. Music specially written by Chas. Konedski-Davis (composer of 'Un Appel D'Amour', 'Rozalia', 'Ridlet's Waltzes' etc). Marked Andante con espressione. Copyright MCMXIV by Presto Pub. Co. Reg. New York; International Copyright Secured, All Rights Reserved. Cover price 30c net. Subtitled on music-score cover 'Joan Sawyer's Hesitation or Glide' - places the dance in the 1913-14 Hesitation-Waltz exhibition-novelty family (cf Martin's Original Hesitation Waltz, Kinney 1914 Lyon Chasse Hesitation, Walker 1914 Hesitation figures). Introduced "with great success at her New York Ballroom 'The Persian Garden' and all her Society Engagements." From the collection of Richard Powers. One of the few Hesitation-era novelty exhibition waltzes with full aviation-themed narrative figure naming: Preparing the Aeroplane / Leaving the Hangar / Running Glide (takeoff rise) / Criss-Cross Flight (indecision in flight) / In Mid-Air / Spiral Flight / Straight Flight / Aerial Glide / The Dip / Circling the Aerodrome with the Loop / The Volplane (Finale, gentleman bow + lady low courtesy). Companion to the already-imported POWERS-1914-SAWYER-FT (Fox Trot How To Dance It, Columbia Records) - Sawyer's two distinct 1914 pedagogical releases (Aeroplane Waltz via Presto Pub, Fox Trot via Columbia Records).Year: 1914Family: sawyer-aeroCatalog: local
Dance manual/reference by Joan Sawyer ("Originator of this Season's most Popular Dance" / Persian Garden NYC) / Presto Publishing Co., Reg. New York & London. Music specially written by Chas. Konedski-Davis (composer of 'Un Appel D'Amour', 'Rozalia', 'Ridlet's Waltzes' etc). Marked Andante con espressione. Copyright MCMXIV by Presto Pub. Co. Reg. New York; International Copyright Secured, All Rights Reserved. Cover price 30c net. Subtitled on music-score cover 'Joan Sawyer's Hesitation or Glide' - places the dance in the 1913-14 Hesitation-Waltz exhibition-novelty family (cf Martin's Original Hesitation Waltz, Kinney 1914 Lyon Chasse Hesitation, Walker 1914 Hesitation figures). Introduced "with great success at her New York Ballroom 'The Persian Garden' and all her Society Engagements." From the collection of Richard Powers. One of the few Hesitation-era novelty exhibition waltzes with full aviation-themed narrative figure naming: Preparing the Aeroplane / Leaving the Hangar / Running Glide (takeoff rise) / Criss-Cross Flight (indecision in flight) / In Mid-Air / Spiral Flight / Straight Flight / Aerial Glide / The Dip / Circling the Aerodrome with the Loop / The Volplane (Finale, gentleman bow + lady low courtesy). Companion to the already-imported POWERS-1914-SAWYER-FT (Fox Trot How To Dance It, Columbia Records) - Sawyer's two distinct 1914 pedagogical releases (Aeroplane Waltz via Presto Pub, Fox Trot via Columbia Records). (1914). Step-by-step detail available. Imported from local collection.