Assembly rooms [ Sports & Leisure / Associational culture / Dance, Music & Songs ]
… men and women could meet to converse, dance, and attend lectures and concerts. Despite being associational spaces of leisure and sociability, assembly rooms were still exclusive spaces, open to polite society and regulated by the 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 …
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