Description
- Notes:
- Extracted from the author's Notions coloniales, first published 1789. Cf. P. [3], 1st group.
- This manual describes a colonial view of the history of dance in the West Indies, focusing on the dance of Creoles. Moreau de Saint-Méry discusses the effects of slavery and the African roots for such dances as the chica and notes that contredanses and minuets were also performed.
- Bissainthe and Library of Congress report illustrations.
- Includes large sections on Saint-Domingue.
- Signatures: [pi] 1-5 6² ²6.
Citation
"De la danse"
(1801).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:13560/
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