The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… 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 could be assigned to other sets, since many … choreographed ‘for as many as will,’ allowing participants to pass up and down the line and engage, if briefly, with dancers other than their partners. 7 . James Fanning Watson, Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in the Olden Times …
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