The Philadelphia Dancing Assembly (1749–1849) [ Sports & Leisure ]
… dancing and deportment instruction. Yet another dancing master sold his lessons on the advantages dancing offered ‘to health, and to growth,’ by ‘strengthen[ing] the limbs and render[ing] them fit for their proper exertion,’ 16 for in the new nation, health and strength of body counted among the most desired personal graces. At the same time, the advertisement assured …
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