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Castle, Vernon (1887–1918) & Castle, Irene Foote (1893–1969)

By Cook, Susan C.

During the years 1911–1917, Irene Foote Castle (1893–1969) and her husband Vernon Castle (1887–1918) explicitly marketed ragtime dancing as “modern” to their upper-class and, increasingly,…

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Modern Ballroom Dancing

By McMains, Juliet

Twentieth-century modern ballroom dancing differed from social dancing of the nineteenth century in its shift in focus from group cohesion to individual personal style. This…

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One Step

By Cook, Susan C.

In the years before the entry of the United States into World War I, the One Step replaced the Two Step as the common popular…