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The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition - cover image
  • Dance
  • European Studies
  • History

The Nordic Minuet: Royal Fashion and Peasant Tradition

  • Petri Hoppu
  • Egil Bakka
  • Anne Margrete Fiskvik
This major new anthology of the minuet in the Nordic countries comprehensively explores the dance as a historical, social and cultural phenomenon. One of the most significant dances in Europe, with a strong symbolic significance in western dance culture and dance scholarship, the minuet has evolved a distinctive pathway in this region, which these rigorous and pioneering essays explore.
Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century - cover image
  • Dance

Waltzing Through Europe: Attitudes towards Couple Dances in the Long Nineteenth Century

  • Egil Bakka
  • Theresa Jill Buckland
  • Helena Saarikoski
  • Anne von Bibra Wharton
From ‘folk devils’ to ballroom dancers, Waltzing Through Europe explores the changing reception of fashionable couple dances in Europe from the eighteenth century onwards. It is essential reading for researchers of dance in central and northern Europe, while also appealing to the general reader who wants to learn more about the vibrant histories of these familiar dance forms.