The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… Philadelphia Dancing Assembly a desideratum. Founded in 1749, the Assembly thrived, even into the early Federal period. Rules governing all aspects of participation, including the dancing itself, sustained the Assembly’s role in determining … Assembly more strictly than those of London or Bath , governing its meetings, management, tickets, and more. Rules were occasionally reinforced, perhaps to bolster managers’ authority against more democratic portions of the young … century; rather, attendees ‘moved with measured dignity in grave minuets or gayer country dances.’ 7 Assembly rules required that each set, formed in order of dancers’ arrival, have ten couples; if a set came up short, its couples …
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