American Social Dance Before 1820
FAIN: RO-12529-76
Country Dance Society, Inc. (New York, NY 10018-6505)
James E. Morrison (Project Director: January 1976 to present)
To examine popular forms of social dance among early Americans. Study will 1) identify and interpret specific dances; 2) examine how these dances were devised and disseminated; and 3) study the function dancing served in the social life or early Americans.