Cooper, Paul. "Dances and Dancers, Prestigious London Balls c.1800-1820."

Cooper, Paul. "Dances and Dancers, Prestigious London Balls c.1800-1820." In Retrieving & Reconstructing the Past through Dance [Proceedings of the Early Dance Circle Conference held on 6-8 May 2022], edited by Barbara Segal and Alena Shmakova, 5-20. Cambridge: Early Dance Circle, 2023.


Abstract:
The late 18th and early 19th centuries experienced a publishing boom, London’s music and dance culture were documented as never before. Numerous anecdotal reports of society balls were published offering a glimpse into the lifestyles of the nobility and gentry; some of those reports listed the dances that were enjoyed, this paper will review what we can learn from such references.