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1. www.discoverbritain.com › history-of-debutantesThe history of debutantes: Bright young things - Britain Magazine

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   Dec 5, 2023 · Credit: Madame Vacani teaching debutantes to curtsey in 1929. Shrouded in new etiquette – including the introduction of dance cards or ‘programmes’ so debutantes (and their parents) could keep track of their partners at balls – the Season had become a serious business.

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2. www.bigredbook.info › madame_vacaniThis Is Your Life: Madame Vacani - Big Red Book

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   Marguerite, who was born in London, began teaching dance in 1912 and founded the Vacani School of Dance in 1920. The school aimed to teach ballroom dances and social etiquette of the day to young ladies and gentlemen, while debutante ladies learned to curtsey for their presentation parties.

3. www.vacani.com › about-vacani-2-2About Vacani - Vacani School of Dance

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   Founded in 1915 by Marguerite Vacani (aunt of Betty Vacani) the Vacani School of Dance originally taught the sort of dancing and social etiquette that was a necessary accomplishment for young ladies and gentlemen of quality. Pupils were taught the ballroom dances of the day and debutante ladies learned the curtsy needed when presented at court.

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   Sep 16, 2009 · In the latter years of the ball, while working as principal at the Vacani School of Dance, Ms Fallowfield for a time took on the task of teaching debutantes to curtsey and to waltz. "They'd...

5. www.telegraph.co.uk › news › uknewsRecalling the lost era of the debutantes - The Telegraph

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   Mar 16, 2008 · We learned the technique from Madame Vacani, a dancing teacher who held a kind of royal warrant for the curtsey. A Vacani curtsey was part of the mystique.

6. www.historyextra.com › period › modernHistory Of Debutantes & The Social Season: From Balls to ...

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   May 16, 2024 · The Scottish debutantes made their curtsey to the monarch at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on 3 July 1958. The tradition of the social season lasted nearly 180 years, officially lasting from the reign of George III to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

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   Did Vacani teach debutantes to curtsey?

   • An illustration from a 1911 issue of The Tatler by Dudley Tennant showing debutantes 'emerging' for their first Season. Credit: Madame Vacani teaching debutantes to curtsey in 1929.

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   How old is a debutant?

   • Ages of debutantes vary across history, but generally fall between 16 and 18 years of age. What did debutantes wear? MacCarthy recalled that: “Preparations for the Season had gone on for several months before the presentations.”

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   When did the curtsey ritual start?

   • The curtsey ritual went back to the reign of George III, when daughters of the court circle who reached marriageable age were presented to Queen Charlotte by their mothers. This signified their entrée on to the marriage market. Through the 19th and early 20th centuries the system grew and solidified.

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   When did a debutante become engaged?

   • A debutante was considered especially successful if she became engaged after a single season The tradition of the social season lasted nearly 180 years, officially lasting from the reign of George III to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.

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   What happens after a debutant presentation at court?

   • After this formal presentation at court, the debutantes participated in the season, a series of social occasions where they might form lasting friendships with other elite young women and meet equally wealthy and well-connected husbands.

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   What happened to curtseys after 1958?

   • After the Lord Chamberlain's announcement that curtseys would be ceasing after 1958, there was a record number of applications for the final presentations, like a wave of panic buying. One mother was said to have presented all four of her daughters. Under-age girls were brought out of boarding school to curtsey.

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8. time.com › 5737250What the History of Debutante Balls Says About Women's ... - TIME

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   Nov 25, 2019 · The debutante ritual was so effective a social-climbing tool that parents jockeyed over presentation venues; it was so costly that it created new industries for its supporting staff.