A history of dancing : from the earliest ages to our own times / from the French of Gaston Vuillier ; with a sketch of dancing by Joseph Grego.

Facsimile reprint. Originally published: New York : D. Anderson and Company, 1898.

Includes Index.

CHAPTER I : Sacred Dances ; Cybele and Apollo ; The Shield of Achilles ; The Hyporchema ; The Gymnopaedia and the Endymatia ; The Hormos and the Pyrrhic Dance ; The Bacchanalia ; The Salii ; Roman Mimes under the Empire ; The Gaditanian Dancers -- CHAPTER II : Religious Dances ; Strolling Ballets ; Dances of Chivalry ; The "Ballet des Ardents" ; Bergonzio di Botta's Ballet -- CHAPTER III : The Grand Ballet ; French Dances of the Close of the Middle Ages, and of the Renaissance ; Base Dances ; The Volte ; The Galliarde ; The Tordion ; Branles ; The Pavane -- CHAPTER IV : Dancing in the "Great Century" ; Grand Ballets under Louis XIV ; Masked Balls ; The Pavane ; The Courante ; The Gavotte ; The Chacone ; The Saraband ; The Allemande ; The Passpied ; The Passacaille -- CHAPTER V : Dancing under Louis XV ; Painters of Fêtes Galantes ; Mademoiselle Sallé ; La Camargo ; The Minuet ; The Passpied ; Noverre and the Ballet ; Gaëtan and Auguste Vestris -- CHAPTER VI : Madeleine Guimard ; Dancing under Louis XVI ; The Gavotte ; The Ballet ; Dances and Fêtes of the Revolution and the Republic ; Balls and Ballets of the Directory, the Empire, and the Restoration ; Marie Taglioni -- CHAPTER VII : Rustic and Pastoral Dances ; Rounds ; Bourrées ; Bretonne Dances ; Catalan Bails ; The Farandole ; Open-air Dances in Foreign Countries -- CHAPTER VIII : Spanish Dances ; Danzas and Bailes ; The Fandango ; The Bolero ; The Seguidillas ; Manchegas ; The Jota Aragonesa ; The Jaleo de Jerez ; The Chchua -- CHAPTER IX : Modern Greek Dances ; The Italian Tarantella ; Some European Dances ; Bayadères and Almées ; Savage Dances -- CHAPTER X : Contemporary Dances ; The Waltz ; The Galop ; The Polka ; Cellarius, Markowski, and Laborde ; The Jardian Mabille ; Pritchard, Chicard, and Brididi; Queen Pomaré -- CHAPTER XI : Public Balls ; Ranelagh ; The Chaumière ; The Sceaux Ball ; The Prado ; The Delta ; The Château-Rouge ; The Ile d'Amour ; L'Ortie and Les Acacias ; The Mars ; The Victoire ; The Bourdon ; The Bal des Chiens ; The Montesquieu ; The Valentino ; The Jardin d'Hiver ; The Lac Saint-Fargeau ; The Grand Saint-Martin and the Descente de la Courtille ; The Closerie des Lilas ; Bullier -- CHAPTER XII : Modern Dancing ; From the Second Empire to the present Time ; Society Bals ; The Revival of Old Dances in France and in Foreign Countries -- CHAPTER XIII : A Brief Survey of the Ballets of this Century ; Modern Theatrical Dance ; The Operatic Corps de Ballet ; The Serpentine Dance ; The Public Balls of To-day -- CHAPTER XIV : Early History of Dancing in Great Britain ; Anglo-Saxon Dancing ; Norman Dances ; Middle Ages ; Dances of Knights-Templars ; Dancing under Tudor Sovereigns ; James I and Court Masques ; Charles I an Court Masques ; The Commonwealth ; Dancing under Charles II ; Old May-day Dances ; Dancing in the Days of Queen Anne ; Bath ; Beau Nash as Master of the Ceremonies ; His Successors ; Masquerades at Madame Cornley's, Carlisle House ; The Pantheon ; Ranelagh and Vauxhall Gardens ; Almack's Club and Subscription Balls ; Famous Dancing-masters and Coryphées of the Eighteenth Century ; The Vestris Family ; Stage-dancing ; Opera Dancers at the King's Theatre ; Her Majesty's from Vestris le Grand to Kate Vaughan -- CHAPTER XV : The Jig ; Irish Jig ; The Hornpipe ; Dancing in Scotland ; Under Mary, Queen of Scots ; The Reformation ; Scotch Reels ; Highland Flings ; The Ghillie Callum ; The Strathspey ; English Country Dances ; The Cotillion of the Eighteenth Century ; The Modern Cotillion ; Quadrilles ; The First Set, or Parisian Quadrille ; The Lancers ; The Caledonians ; The Polka ; The Waltz ; The Minuet ; Court Balls ; State Balls.