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A couple of people have suggested "minuet" for that image, and that may be what the artist had in mind.? However, I don't believe a true minuet involved that kind of arm motion--it looks to me like an old version of the "allamande" from a longways country dance.? It seems reminiscent of an actual period image I've seen, but I can't put my finger on it. Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Suzanne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 1:03 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes Oh, my. Tastes in art have certainly changed over the last 100 years... ;-) Here's my take on the countries: #1 - ancient Greece; #4 - Aztec; #5 - Bali (Indonesia?); #7 - Aboriginal Australia; #8 - North Africa; #14 - Hungary; #15 - Italy (Sicily?); #17 - Czech or Slovak (or Bohemian, if that's the term they used in the 1920s). I'd also add that #9 is of course *ancient* Egypt, and I'm not seeing Turkish in #11 but I don't know *what* it is [might be some strange version of India]. And #6 could be Swiss...? As far as as the dances go, my first reactions were: tango, waltz, minuet, schottische or polka. But I'm no expert -- and none of those are "American-born" so I don't know what the artist was getting at. Your photos did turn out well! It must have been frustrating working around all the people but you got some good images. Good luck with the titles, and let us know how it turns out. Suzanne On Apr 5, 2008, at 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: April 5, 2008 4:17:48 AM CDT > To: "h-costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] Help! Please! Cultural Dancers in Costumes > Reply-To: Historical Costume <h-costume@mail.indra.com> > > > I need help...please! I am so much out of my comfort zone. I have > a slideshow online of the ballroom ceiling of the Ringling's Ca > d'Zan Mansion in Sarasota, Florida. The ceiling is called > "Dancers of the World." There are 17 hand-painted medallions of > cultural dancers. I need help with what countries and dances > represented in the medallions. These were painted in the 1920s > exclusively for the mansion by children's book illustrator / > Broadway costume and set designer, William Andrew "Willy" Pogany. > He was also a designer for the Zeigfeld Follies. He was friends > with John and Mabel Ringling, the mansion's owner. He painted the > medallions in his NYC studio and then applied them to the ballroom > ceiling in Florida. > > I also need help with the photos 18-21. The curator said that > these were titled "Four Corners of American-born Dances." He told > me that photos 18 & 19 dates represented but I can't recall the > dances. I am not really sure that I have the dates correct for > photos 20 & 21. And again, do not recall the dances. > > I had one hour to photograph the ballroom ceiling because I was > running out of time and had to photograph around tour groups. This > is a popular area of the mansion and is one of the first areas that > the tour groups access. I didn't even have time to take notes. > When I was photographing this room, I had a couple of hours before > catching my flight home. I spent a week photographing other areas > of the museum. Thankfully the photos turned out good. > > If you are able to answer my questions, please refer to the photo > number on the slideshow headers in your answer. The slideshow can > be seen at http://www.costumegallery.info/ . Please make sure to > use .INFO and not .COM . When you go to the slideshow, make sure > to click on the enlarged view...it looks like the number 7 on the > right side of the menu. > > Many, many thanks in advance for your help. > Penny Ladnier, > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > www.costumelibrary.com > www.costumeclassroom.com > www.costumeencyclopedia.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
