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May I have the pleasure? (Motion picture)
- Title
- May I have the pleasure? (Motion picture)
- Publication
- 1976.
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- Description
- 1 reel. 29 min. 1038 ft. : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Documentary account of social dancing from the late 18th century until the ragtime era and the outbreak of World War I. Includes film sequences from newsreels and motion pictures, scenes from historical prints, and demonstrations of various dances by dancers in period costumes. Background sets depict the milieu appropriate to each dance. Dances included are the ländler, waltz, quadrille (Le Pantalon and Hunsdon House), Circassian circle, polka, schottische, Boston, Argentine tango, cakewalk, one step, bunny hug, kangaroo hop, grizzly bear, turkey trot, and fox-trot.
- Uniform Title
- May I have the pleasure (Television program)
- Subjects
- Cakewalk (Dance)
- Waltz (Dance)
- Circassian circle (Dance)
- Bunny hug (Dance)
- Boston (Dance)
- Social dancing > 20th century
- Foxtrot (Dance)
- Quadrilles
- Kangaroo hop (Dance)
- One step (Dance)
- Schottische (Dance)
- Ragtime music
- Argentine tango (Dance)
- Grizzly bear (Dance)
- Turkey trot (Dance)
- Hunsdon house (Dance)
- Social dancing > 19th century
- Ländler (Dance)
- Polka (Dance)
- Note
- Subtitle: The story of popular dancing; part 3, Century of the waltz.
- For addition segments of the series, see *MGZIC 9-566 (2 cassettes).
- Produced by BBC2 television as part of the series, May I have the pleasure? Producer: Ronald Smedley. Series devised by Belinda Quirey. Narrator: Martin Jarvis.
- Dances staged by Karen Rabinowitz, Jonathan Taylor, and Judy Gridley. Music arranged by Jonathan Cohen. Costumes: Pat Fisher. Performed by members of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre: Jacki Barron, Kate Flatt, Val Mitchell, Karen Rabinowitz, Anthony Ellis, Craig Givens, Michael Lander, and Graham Turner.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1492
- OCLC
- NYPY787006292-F
- Title
- May I have the pleasure? (Motion picture)
- Imprint
- 1976.
- Local Subject
- Social dancing -- 19th century.Social dancing -- 20th century.Quadrilles.
- Added Author
- Quirey, Belinda. DirectorLondon Contemporary Dance Theatre.
- Added Title
- May I have the pleasure (Television program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZHB 12-1492