Ballroom Etiquette — For Ladies and Gentlemen by C. H. Cleveland is a historical work concerned with manners in the dance room. It looks at how courtesy is taught alongside dancing and the practical difficulties of teaching appropriate behaviour in different class settings.
The section on general and special classes discusses instruction for ladies and gentlemen and the teacher’s role in guiding manner, speech, gesture and movement. The second main section turns to etiquette in the dance room. Together, they place dancing within the social expectations of the period.
This is a resource for readers interested in dance history, teaching conventions and social behaviour around the ballroom. It is not a manual for calculating competition results or processing adjudicators’ marks. The historical context matters when reading its advice: the text reflects the conventions of its time rather than a current competition rulebook.
Contents
- Division of Classes.—General and Special
- Etiquette of the Dance-Room
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