Figure 1.--Here we see a scene from a public school in Washington D.C. The photograph was taken in 1899. We are not sure just what dance they are learning. |
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Here we see a scene from a public elmrntary (primary) school in Washington D.C. The photograph on the previoius page was taken in 1893. We are not sure this is a dance exercise, it may be more oriented at posture. That was something that was taken very seriously (19th century). Posture became a matter of serious concern (19th century). Posture became associated with health and illness. Experts indroduced the idea of ideal and pathological postures --like the familiar kyphotic, lordotic, flat back and sway back. Swedish gymnastics and German krankengymnastics laid the foundation for modern physiotherapy. The new expanding middle classes were particularly concerned. Self-care books appeared on yhis and other topoics. Thery sold in the millions. Children were taught to stand up amnd sit up straight. And with notions of illness at the time there were still notions of morality. One author writes, "the line between [posture] and moral position had become completely blurred." Gillmam]
And we see device being sold to force good posture on children. We also motice both indoor and out dance lesson that often give the impressio of posture exercises. We see another Washington D.C. image with dance lessons. We are not sure just what dance they were doung (figure 1). It could be a single school dance lesson. Or it could be a system-wide program in Washington, D.C.
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