Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… Master of Ceremonies or Lady Directress. Places > Sports & Leisure Practices > Associational culture Practices > Dance, Music & Songs Mots-clés Assemblies Community Dance Entertainement Leisure Music Politeness Women Assembly rooms were institutions that encouraged and regulated sociability in the long eighteenth century, spaces where conversation, music, and dancing occurred. According to Peter Borsay, the oldest known assembly rooms date to the 1650s or 1660s in …
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