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Category: Scholarship
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Burning floors
Dancing was so much a part of Catholic social life in the 20th century West, and forbidding dancing so much associated with Anabaptist sects, that it came as a surprise […]
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Dancing for Anders’ Army
As I’ve mentioned before, my principal hobby is not dancing but learning Polish. Last week I discussed with my Polish tutor the differences between celebrations of November 11 in the […]
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Totally waisted
One of the sad things about popular dancing in the West is that the “fast dances” gave way to partnerless flailing and ballroom became “slow dancing.” “Slow dancing”, when I […]
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“The Fair Assembly”: Social Dancing in Edinburgh from 1705
The best general history of social dancing in Scotland I have found so far is called Oh, How We Danced: The History of Ballroom Dancing in Scotland by Elizabeth Casciani […]
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The Tea Party, Etc.
The regular crowd at Mrs McLean’s Waltzing Party have been invited to a tea party on October 25, and I will be giving there a brief address on the subject […]
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Theologians of Dance
Every once in a while, a blogger should pick up an actual book on his or her topic. A book (in case you’ve forgotten) is a pile of paper pages […]
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A Village or the Parish
I have been musing over the role of dance in friendship and so turned again to Michael Platt’s astonishing and insightful 2009 essay “A Different Drummer.” Actually a thoughtful jeremiad […]
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Ancient Arts
In 63 BC, Cicero defended the Roman consul Lucius Licinius Murena against charges of electoral bribery. Cato was among the prosecutors, and inter alia he accused Murena of having a […]
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Scottish invitations
Although my mother’s people (as we say) originated in Scotland and were proud of their Scottish roots and customs, the bond to the country itself was not strong for about […]
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Dancing in the Old Town
Gavin Hamilton, Susanna Kennedy (1689-1780), Daughter of Sir Archibald Kennedy, 1st Bt of Culzean, 3rd Wife of Alexander Montgomery, 9th Earl of Eglinton, oil on canvas, The National Trust for Scotland, Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park. She went to Edinburgh’s first Assemblies.