The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… ‘little gaiety and less elegance’. 3 3 . Carl and Jessica Bridenbaugh, Rebels and Gentlemen. Philadelphia in the Age of Franklin (New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1942), p. 2. Thus, the city’s thriving merchants, bankers, and professionals … in his school of fencing and dancing that he ‘has had the honour to tutor several gentlemen and ladies of the first rank in different parts of Europe.’ 8 He prepared students for ‘a discreet and courteous behavior, a genteel easy … international social-dance repertoire, and in the early nineteenth century, to welcome native U.S. teachers into their ranks. This international cadre of dancing masters helped to sustain the Philadelphia Dancing Assembly into and through …
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