Author: Dorothy McLean
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Learning to Teach the Waltz
There is an old adage about mastering a skill in medicine: see one, do one, teach one. This is perhaps not wonderfully comforting for patients, and the best dancers in […]
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The Michaelmas Dance 2024
Michaelmas Eve was a sunny, dry day in Edinburgh, for which I am most grateful. I began it by washing wine glasses, and I ended it by stacking bags of […]
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The Drama of Hamilton House
There is Scottish Country Dancing, and then there is ceilidh dancing. Scottish Country Dancing, which derived from 17th century English country dances and older Highland dances, is beautiful and complicated. […]
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A conversation about dance
I was on my phone because my silly computer wouldn’t connect me to the requisite interviewing software, and I burst into tears of frustration right beforehand. There are currently two […]
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Planning a Dance Party
The purpose of this website is to encourage traditional social dancing among Catholics, in the firm belief that this activity helps build the City of God. Done correctly, dancing encourages […]
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The Empty Building
I do not remember why the notion of ballroom dancing seized my childish fancy. What I do remember is that ballroom dancing was mentioned in the municipal activities catalogue. This […]
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Benedict XV & American Catholic charity balls
There is a cheat sheet floating about the internet with a list of pronouncements against dancing attributed to various saints and Councils. These quotes, translations or paraphrases are taken out […]
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Not as in wantonness
As I have a look online (and write emails to professors), I come across anecdotes about third and fourth century bishops (Methodius of Olympus, Epiphanies of Salamis, Gregory Theumaturgus, St. […]
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The Queen of Ballroom Dances
The waltz as it is taught at Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party was codified in England in 1927. The English Waltz reached that form after a campaign, immediately after World War […]
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The September 2024 Party
Were I possessed of adequate funds, I would offer weekly dance lessons to my Traditional Latin Mass community. Given that my parties take place on Sunday afternoons, I would also […]