How To Dance Through Time, Volume VI

A 19th Century Ball: The Charm of Group Dances

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Production of the HOW TO DANCE THROUGH TIME series follows rave reviews from critics, dance experts, libraries, colleges, dance lovers, and historians who have enthusiastically embraced the two-volume video set, DANCETIME DVD! 500 Years of Social Dance.

Most people who buy this DVD also buy the Companion CD.

Publisher, choreographer and dance historian Carol Teten has over 40 years of dance teaching and performing. She is the founder and first artistic director of Dance Through Time, the award-winning theatrical dance company from San Francisco, California, which performs the dances in the videos.

Reviews of How To Dance Through Time, Volume VI

Library Journal “Anyone with an interest in social history and culture will greatly enjoy these glimpses into the past.”

Dancing U.S.A. “Social dance, history, technique, and researched choreography all come together in Dancetime Publications’ latest videos….this ideal addition to any traditional ballroom dancer’s video collection.”

Dance Teacher Now “In fact, through well organized instruction, professional cinematography, sumptuous period costumes, and the cheerfully stentorian narration of Dance through Time founder Carol Teten, they provide an unexpectedly engaging look of dance forms of times past.”

Dance On Camera Journal "These instructional videos will be invaluable to choreographers who create dances for period films or for cotillions and charity balls. They preserve the art form and provide the story of the cultural phenomenon, thus making a perfect addition to dance, design, and anthropological libraries."

Brattleboro Reformer, Keene, N.H. “The organization of the material in each of these sets is first to go over each step of a dance several times in different tempos, from different angles, and with full explanations by the creator and head of the company, Carol Teten. You can watch, then skip back and try the steps yourself as you watch a second time, and over and over until you have it down pat.

“…she explains the social structure of the society as it is reflected in each dance and now and then gives us the "sub-text" of the steps -- what the dancers are acting out either consciously or subliminally. It is all fascinating stuff.

“Who must have all six volumes? Public libraries, music and dance departments in all high schools and colleges, local theater groups who do "period" plays, anyone who loves dance, anyone interested in social history, even anyone interested in psychology. That does not leave many who would not want copies of this set.”

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