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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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   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...

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4. 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.

5. www.youtube.com › watchHow to be a Debutante in Queen Victoria's Royal ... - YouTube

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   [Subtitulada en español] Learn all about how debutantes in the late 1800s were presented at the royal court of Queen Victoria. Discover the steps you need to...

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6. www.reddit.com › r › TheWayWeWereMadame Vacani teaching young ladies how to curtsey in 1929.

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   Madame Vacani teaching young ladies how to curtsey in 1929. "Curtsey while you're thinking what to say. It saves time." The Red Queen.

7. 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.

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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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   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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   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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   What is a curtsey ceremony?

   • The ceremony, or something like it, had been going for 200 years. 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.

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9. www.gettyimages.com › detail › news-photoRoyal dance instructor Madame Vacani teaches four debutantes ...

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   Royal dance instructor Madame Vacani teaches four debutantes how to curtsey to the Queen at Cygnet House Finishing School, Staines, 1952. The debs are Linda Clark, Diana Farrant, Linnet Leach and... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images