Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century

Introduction: Sociability and Movement, Mark Philp, Ian Newman and Hillary Burlock (University of Warwick, UK, University of Notre Dame, USA, and University of Liverpool, UK)

Dancing Bodies
1. 'Je ne sais quoi': Grace, Ease, and Embodiment in Georgian Britain, Hillary Burlock (University of Liverpool, UK)
2. 'Open to the World': Masculinity and the Turned-out Body in England, 1720-1830, Caitlyn Lehmann (University of Melbourne, Australia)
3. 'Hopping in London': Genre and Representation of Regency Dance in Austen and Egan, Ian Newman, (Notre Dame University, USA)

Learning to Dance
4. Dance lessons: Making young people genteel in eighteenth-century Norway, Elizabeth Svarstad (Norwegian Academy of Music, Norway)
5. Dance at Home in Georgian England, Katrina Faulds (University of Southampton, UK)
6. William Bodley Francis: An English performer and dancing master in early America
Lynn Matluck Brooks (Franklin and Marshall College, USA)

Stage and Ballroom
7. Sociability and hidden connections: The ballet stage and ballroom in the long eighteenth century, Ambre Emory-Maier and Valarie Williams (Kent State University and The Ohio State University, USA)
8. 'German' vs. 'Viennese': Notes on the social and conceptual history of waltzing in the German-speaking world. Hanna Walsdorf (University of Basel, Switzerland)
9. From the Louvre to the Waltz: Changing Relationships within the Couple Dance, Moira Goff (Independent scholar)
10. Courting a dancing court in waiting: Winning hearts and minds in Brussels: Embodying a restoration monarchy (1815 - 1830), Cornelis Vanistendael (Independent Scholar)

Dance Spaces
11. Women Waltzing at Almack's: New Freedoms and Constraints, Peggy Murray (Independent Scholar, USA)
12. Music and Dances in Edinburgh Polite Society through the Eyes of British and French Travelers, 1784-1804, Sabrina Julliet Garzon (University Sorbonne Paris Nord, France)
13. La Tumba Francesa: The dance event and the social club, Catherine Turocy (The New York Baroque Dance Company, USA) and Marcea Daiter (Antioch University, USA)

Conclusion