The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… social ties among colonial and early-national social elites. Places > Sports & Leisure Keywords Assemblies Advertisement Dance North America For many in British North America’s upper and aspiring classes during the eighteenth century, the … as refinement, promising to teach adults and children grace of carriage and genteel behaviors, along with the latest dances popular in England and on the Continent. By 1748, Philadelphians could display their deportment and fine dancing … 1772 and 1785. 4 . Perpoint’s notices were in the Pennsylvania Mercury, according to Joseph E. Marks, American Learns to Dance (New York: Dance Horizons, 1957), p. 39. Ball’s advertisements were in the Pennsylvania Gazette (Mar. 5, 1730); …
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