Vernon and Irene Castle's ragtime revolution

Vernon and Irene Castle's ragtime revolution / Eve Golden.

Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an openly lesbian manager, and were animal-rights ad...

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Main Author: Golden, Eve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2007.
Subjects:
Castle, Vernon, > 1887-1918.
Castle, Irene, > 1893-1969.
Castle, Irene, > 1893-1969
Castle, Vernon, > 1887-1918
Dancers > United States > Biography.
Ballroom dancing > United States > History.
Ragtime music > History and criticism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Ballroom dancing
Dancers
Ragtime music
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Biographies.
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