Anti-Dance Treatises

A collection of historical anti-dance treatises,
with many available as free downloads.

(173 total, 116 downloadable)

Curated by Nick Enge

In addition, the Library of Dance
maintains a separate list of downloadable
Vintage Dance Manuals.

If you know of another anti-dance treatise that is not yet listed here,
or want to contribute a digital copy of a source that is not yet available here, .


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Anti-Dance Treatises (Chronological)


Jacob Ratz. (1545). Vom Tantzen, Obs Gott Verpotten Hab, Obs Sünd Sey [On Dancing, Whether God Has Forbidden It, Whether It Is a Sin]. Neuwenstat am Koch. (pdf) {BSB} [Enge]


John Northbrooke, Minister. (©1577/1843). A Treatise Against Dicing, Dancing, Plays and Interludes. London. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


[Anonymous]. (1581). A Treatise of Daunses, Wherin It Is Shewed, That They Are As It Were Accessories and Dependants (or Thinges Annexed) to Whoredome: Where Also By The Way Is Touched and Proued, That Playes Are Ioyned and Knit Togeather in a Rancke or Rowe with Them. (pdf) {Godfreys} [Enge]


Phillip Stubbes. (1583). The Anatomie of Abuses. (pdf) {archive} [Enge]


Jean Boiseul. (1606). Traitté Contre les Danses [Treatise Against the Dances]. La Rochelle. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


William Prynne. (1633). Histrio-Mastix. (pdf) {archive} [Enge]


Humphrey Smith. (1658). To the Musicioners. (pdf) [Enge]


Charles Borromée. (1664). Traitté Contre les Danses et les Comédies [Treatise Against the Dances and the Comedies]. (pdf) {Toulouse} [Enge]


Richard Baxter. (1678). A Christian Directory. (pdf) {archive} [Enge]


William Penn. (1682). No Cross, No Crown. (pdf) {archive} [Enge]


Increase Mather. (1686). An Arrow Against the Profane and Promiscuous Dancing, Drawn Out of the Quiver of the Scripture. Boston. (pdf) [Enge]


Cotton Mather. (c. 1700). A Cloud of Witnesses, Darting Out Light Upon a Case, Too Unseasonably Made Seasonable to Be Discoursed On. Boston. (pdf) [Enge]


A Person of Honour. (1702). A Satyr Against Dancing. London. (pdf) {archive} [Enge] [Powers]


Carl Heinrich Bogatzky. (1750). Schriftsmässige Beantwortung Der Frage [A Scriptural Answer to the Question]. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


A Gentleman of the University of Oxford. (1761). An Address to Persons of Fashion, Containing Some Particulars Relating to Balls (Third Edition). London. (pdf) {google} [Enge]


Taunton, Massachusetts. (1773). Summons to Appear in Court for Dancing on New Year's Eve, 1772. Taunton, MA. [Powers]


Abbé François Gauthier. (1785). Traité Contre les Danses et les Mauvaises Chansons [Treatise Against the Dances and the Bad Songs]. Paris. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Mark Davis. (1791). Thoughts on Dancing, Occasioned by Some Late Transactions Among the People Called Methodists. London. (pdf) {google} [Enge]


Thomas Olivers. (1792). An Answer to Mr. Mark Davis's Thoughts on Dancing, to Which Are Added Serious Considerations to Dissuade Christian-Parents from Teaching Their Children to Dance. London. (pdf) {google} [Enge]


John Phillips. (1798). Familiar Dialogues on Dancing, Between a Minister and a Dancer. New York. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Jacob Ide. (1818). The Nature and Tendency of Balls, Seriously and Candidly Considered. Dedham. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Jacob Ide. (1821). Instruction sur la Danse [Instruction on Dancing]. Charleville. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge]


Methodist Episcopal Church. (1830). A Solemn Warning to Dancers. New York. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Société pour la Distribution de Livres Religieux dans le Canton de Vaud (pub.). (1830). Observations sur les Danses [Observations on the Dances]. Lausanne. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


Society of Friends of Indiana. (1839). The Discipline of the Society of Friends of Indiana Yearly Meeting. Cincinnati. [Powers]


Nathan Lewis Rice, D.D. (1847). A Discourse on Dancing. Cincinnati. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Harvey Newcomb. (1848). Anecdotes for Girls. Boston. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


J. Townley Crane. (1849). An Essay on Dancing. New York: Nelson & Philips. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


Rev. John F. Mesick. (1846). A Discourse on Dancing. Harrisburg. (pdf) {gutenberg} [Enge]


Benjamin M. Palmer. (1849). Social Dancing Inconsistent with a Christian Profession and Baptismal Vows. Columbia, SC. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


J. Townley Crane. (1852). An Essay on Dancing. New York: Lane & Scott. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Gustave Boullay. (1855). Réforme de la Danse des Salons. Paris. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


W. A. Miller. (1856). Balls and the Ball Room, A Sermon. Montpelier. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers]


A Young Man (tr.), Abbé Hulot. (1857). Balls and Dancing Parties, Condemned by the Scriptures, translated from Traité sur la Danse (Fourth Edition). Boston. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


P. Anderson, alias "Honestus". (1857). An Answer to Certain Queries on the Subject of Dancing. Richmond, VA. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. S. Reed. (1858). A Discourse on the Impropriety of Christians Dancing. Port Huron, MI. (pdf) {google} [Enge]


Jacob Ide. (1859). Balls and Their Consequences, Considered in Two Sermons. Holliston, MA. [Powers]


Edward D. Neill. (1859). Michal, or Fashionable Dancing, An Undignified Amusement for a Christian. St. Paul, MN. [Powers] [WorldCat]


John T. Brooke. (1860). A Little Thing Great, or The Dance and the Dancing School. New York. (pdf) {google} [Powers]


Vicomte de Brieux Saint-Laurent. (1863). Quelques Mots sur les Danses Modernes [A Few Words on the Modern Dances]. Paris. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


C. B. (1866). Nouveau Cours de Danse, a l'Usage du Peuple. Brussels. [Powers]


Rev. John G. Jones. (1867). An Appeal to All Christians, Against the Practice of Social Dancing. St. Louis. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Jas. H. Brookes. (1869). May Christians Dance? St. Louis. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


William Cleaver Wilkinson. (1869). The Dance of Modern Society. New York: Oakley, Mason, & Co. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


American Tract Society. (1870). Dancing as a Social Amusement. New York. (pdf) {NW} [Enge] [Powers]


Author of Bible Palm Trees. (c. 1870). Fashionable Amusements, or, The Respectability of Modern Dancing. Montreal. (pdf) {canadiana} [Enge]


C. W. Andrews. (1872). On the Incompatibility of Theater-Going and Dancing with Membership in the Christian Church. Philadelphia. (pdf) {hathi} [Powers]


Rev. T. De Witt Talmage. (1872). The Abominations of Modern Society. New York. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Thomas W. Knox. (1874). Underground, or Life Below the Surface. Hartford. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. J. W. Bonham. (1877). The Temple of Pleasure. New York. (pdf) {google} [Powers]


William Herman. (1877). The Dance of Death (Third Edition). San Francisco. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Ms. J. Milton Bowers. (1877). The Dance of Life, An Answer to The Dance of Death. San Francisco. [Enge] [Powers]


Joseph Auclair. (1879). Les Danses et les Bals [The Dances and the Balls]. Quebec. (pdf) {canadiana} [Enge]


Rev. J. B. Gross. (1879). The Parson on Dancing. Philadelphia. [Enge] [Powers] [WorldCat]


Rev. George C. Heckman, D.D. (1879). Dancing as a Christian Amusement. Philadelphia. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


J. (Jonathan) Townley Crane. (1880). An Essay on Dancing. Cincinnati: Philips & Hunt. [Powers]


Mason Long. (1880). Save the Girls. Ft. Wayne, IN. (pdf) {archive} [Enge]


Heber Donaldson. (1881). Dancing, Is It a Sin? Trial and Suspension. Oil City, PA. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. W. J. Hunter, D.D. (1881). The Pleasure Dance in Its Relation to Religion and Morality. Toronto. (pdf) {canadiana} [Enge]


Mason Long. (1882). Save the Girls. Ft. Wayne, IN. (pdf) {indiana} [Enge] [Powers]


Alfred Trumble, Richard K. Fox (pub.). (1882). Mabille Unmasked, or The Wickedest Place in the World. New York. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers] [WorldCat]


Rev. S. M. Vernon, D.D. (1882). Amusements, In the Light of Reason, History and Revelation. Cincinnati & New York. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. S. M. Hammond. (1883). The History and Mystery of the Dance. New Haven, CT. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers]


T. A. Faulkner. (1884). From the Ball-Room to Hell. Grand Rapids, MI. [Powers]


W. E. Penn. (1884). There Is No Harm in Dancing. St. Louis, MO. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. L. C. Vass. (1884). Amusements and the Christian Life. Philadelphia. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


William Cleaver Wilkinson. (1884). The Dance of Modern Society. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. (pdf) {archive} [Enge] [Powers]


Henry Adams. (1887). A Sermon on Cards, Dancing, Theatres, and Carnivals. Yarmouth. (pdf) {canadiana} [Enge]


William Cleaver Wilkinson. (1887/©1884). The Dance of Modern Society. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


A. C. Armstrong & Son (pub.). (1888). Tempted London, Young Men. New York. (pdf) {hathi} [Powers]


J. W. Lowber, A.M. (1888). The Devil in Modern Society. Cincinnati. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Rev. T. J. Bailey. (1889). The Modern Dance. Meridian, MS. [Powers]


Rev. C. G. Shutt. (1890). Dancing, A Treatise on the Evils of the Modern Dance. Northwest Texas. [Powers]


E. L. Powell. (1891). Perils of the Church in the World To-Day. Louisville, KY. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


J. H. Vincent. (1891/©1888). Better Not, A Discussion of Certain Social Customs. New York. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


T. A. Faulkner. (1892). From the Ball-Room to Hell. Grand Rapids, MI. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


D. Darrow (pub.). (1893). Social Abominations, or, The Follies of Modern Society. St. Joseph, MO. (pdf) {google} [Powers]


Rev. William W. Gardner, D.D. (1893). Modern Dancing, In the Light of Scripture and Facts. Louisville, KY. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


William S. Campbell. (1894). The Christian and the Dance. (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge]


T. A. Faulkner. (1894). From the Ball-Room to Hell. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


M. P. Hunt. (1894). Is There Any Harm in Dancing? (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge]


M. P. Hunt. (c. 1894). What's the Harm in Dancing Anyway? (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge]


Harold A. Sayles, Evangelist. (1894). Shall I? Los Angeles. (pdf) {Liberty} [Enge]


James H. Brookes. (1895). The Modern Dance. Chicago. [Powers]


Rev. H. T. Crossley. (1895). A Practical Discussion of the Parlor Dance, the Theatre, the Cards. Toronto. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. H. T. Crossley. (1895). Practical Talks on Important Themes. St. Thomas, Ontario. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


T. A. Faulkner. (1895). From the Ball-Room to Hell. [Powers]

     See Faulkner, 1894.


William Cleaver Wilkinson. (1895/©1884). The Dance of Modern Society. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. (pdf) {google} [Enge]


T. A. Faulkner. (1896). Gates of Hell, or Eastern Ball Room Unmasked. Columbus, OH. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. W. K. Red. (1896). The Devil's Parlor, or, The Ball Room Unmasked. St. Paris, OH. [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. Perry Wayland Sinks. (1896). Popular Amusements and the Christian Life. Chicago. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


M. B. Williams. (1896). Where Satan Sows His Seed, Plain Talks on the Amusements of Modern Society. Chicago. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


E. L. Willis. (1896). Social Amusements: Dancing, Card Playing, Theater, and Drink. (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge]


Signs of the Times (pub.). (1897). "A Lady's Reasons for Not Dancing." Signs of the Times. (pdf) {AA} [Enge]


James H. Brookes. (1898). The Modern Dance, An Argument and a Warning Against This Social Peril. Chicago. [Powers]


Jennie C. Rutty. (1898). Letters of Love and Counsel for Our Girls. Moundsville, WV. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. George Davis. (1899). An Account of the Trial of Social Dance. Rondout, NY. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Geo. F. Hall. (1901). Pitfalls of the Ballroom. Chicago. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge]


Pastor J. M. Hubbert. (1901). Dancers and Dancing, A Calm and Rational View of the Dancing Question. Nashville. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


G. J. Pfefferkorn. (1901). Ist Tanzen Sünde? [Is Dancing a Sin?]. Chippewa Falls, WI. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


J. Townley Crane. (1902). An Essay on Dancing. Cincinnati: Jennings & Pye. [Powers]

     See Crane, 1849.


Col. Dick Maple. (1902). Palaces of Sin, or The Devil in Society. St. Louis. (pdf) {hathi} [Powers]


Beryl & Associates (ed.). (1904). Immorality of Modern Dances. New York. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


J. W. Lowber, A.M. (1906). The Devil in Modern Society. Cincinnati. [Enge]


Rt. Rev. Mgr. Don Luigi Satori. (1910). Modern Dances. Collegeville, IN. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Rt. Rev. Mgr. Don Luigi Satori. (1910). Die Modernen Tänze [The Modern Dance]. Collegeville, IN. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]

     A German version of the above.


William Edward Biederwolf. (1911). The Christian and Amusements. Fort Wayne, IN. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


Louise de Koven Bowen. (1911). Our Most Popular Recreation Controlled by the Liquor Interests. Chicago. (pdf) {hathi} [Powers]


The Vice Committee of Chicago. (1911). The Social Evil in Chicago. Chicago. (pdf) {archive} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. M. V. Williams. (1911). The Dance Hall, The Recruiting Station of the White Slave Traffic. Athens, PA. [Powers]


H. W. Lytle & John Dillon. (1912). From Dance Hall to White Slavery, The World's Greatest Tragedy. Chicago. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


Henry W. Stough, D.D. (1912). Across the Dead Line of Amusements. Toronto. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


M. F. Ham. (1914). The Dance. (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge]


Rev. C. M. Starkweather. (1915). The Dance, A Peril to Womankind. Little Falls, NY. [Enge]


T. A. Faulkner. (1916). The Lure of the Dance. Chicago. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


M. F. Ham, Evangelist. (1916). Light on the Dance, The Modern Dance, A Historical and Analytical Treatment of the Subject. San Antonio. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


A. Lee Aldrich. (c. 1917). Amusements, or No Harm Things. Minneapolis. (pdf) {congress} [Enge]


Louise de Koven Bowen. (1917). The Public Dance Halls of Chicago. Chicago. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Ernest Lloyd (pub.). (1918). "Shall We Condemn the Dance?" Signs of the Times. (pdf) {AA} [Enge]


Secundus. (1918). Letters to a Young Minister. Parkersburg, WV. [Powers] [WorldCat]


T. A. Faulkner. (1919). The Lure of the Dance with Christ at the Ball. La Crosse, WI. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


John Elward Brown. (1920). Slime Pits. Siloam Springs, AR. [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. C. Fenwick Reed. (1920). Plain Truths About Dancing. Greencastle, IN. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers]


Dr. R. A. Adams. (1921). The Social Dance. Kansas City. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. Melvin C. Drumm. (1921). The Modern Dance and What Shall Take Its Place. Centre Hall, PA. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


M. F. Ham, Evangelist. (1921). Light on the Dance. Anchorage, KY. [Powers]

     See Ham, 1916.


Rev. Franklin F. Lewis. (1921). Five Reasons Why Methodists Don't Dance. Chicago, IL. (pdf) {wiki} [Enge]


T. A. Faulkner. (1922). From the Ball Room to Hell and the Lure of the Dance. Marietta, OH. [Powers]

     See Faulkner, 1892 and Faulkner, 1916.


Evangelist Guy Lamphear. (1922). The Modern Dance, A Fearless Discussion of a Social Menace. Evanston, IL. (pdf) {google} [Enge] [Powers]


J. W. Porter. (1922). Dangers of the Dance. Louisville, KY. (pdf) {SBTS} [Enge] [Powers]


Evangelist Harry W. Vom Bruch. (1922). The Carnival of Death. New York. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


John S. Hamilton. (1923). A Christian and the Dance, Cards, and the Theater. Cleveland. [Powers]


C. H. Jack Linn. (1923). Flirting with the Devil. Louisville, KY. (pdf) {liberty} [Enge] [Powers]


Rev. Jack Linn. (c. 1923). The Devil's Hugging Match. [Enge]


Rev. Philip Yarrow. (1923). Fighting the Debauchery of Our Girls and Boys. Chicago. [Enge] [Powers]


Guy Fitch Phelps. (c. 1925). Fifteen Points Against Dancing. Washington, DC. [Powers]


Rev. Frank Rector. (1925). Why Sinners Dance and Saints Should Not. Providence, RI. [Powers]


Rev. John Roach Straton, D.D. (c. 1925). The Dance of Death, Should Christians Indulge? New York. (pdf) {Liberty} [Enge]


J. Harvey DeHoney. (1929). From the Ball Room and Dance Halls to Hell. Portland, OR. [Enge] [Powers]


Ella Gardner. (1929). Public Dance Halls, Their Regulation and Place in the Recreation of Adolescents. Washington, DC. (pdf) {congress} [Enge] [Powers]


Evangelist Harry Black. (c. 1930). Fifteen Plain Talks to Young People. Los Angeles. (pdf) {Liberty} [Enge]



The Copyright Line

Manuals above this line are in the public domain in the United States, and free downloads are provided whenever available. Below this line, manuals may still be under copyright, and downloads are provided only when their copyright is known to have lapsed, or where such a download is believed to be fair use.



Rev. R. S. Devane. (1931). "The Dance Hall." The Irish Ecclesiastical Record. [NLI]


Paul G. Cressey. (1932). The Taxi-Dance Hall. Chicago. (pdf) {hathi} [Enge] [Powers]


Georges Panneton. (c. 1932). Les Dangers des Vacances, les Scandales des Plages, les Excursions du Dimanche, les Danses Modernes. Montreal. (Banq) [Enge]


Church of the Brethren. (1934). Why I Do Not Dance and Why I Do Not Play Cards. Elgin, IL. [Powers]


John R. Rice. (1935). What's Wrong with the Dance? Grand Rapids, MI. [Enge] [Powers] [WorldCat]


John R. Rice. (1935). The Dance: Child of the Brothel, Sister of Drunkenness, Lewdness, and Divorce, the Mother of Lust, a Road to Hell. Dallas, TX. [Powers] [WorldCat]


J. E. Conant, D.D. (1936). Is the Devil in Modern Amusements? Chicago. (pdf) {Liberty} [Enge]


J. De Haan. (1937). Worldly Amusements in the Light of Scripture. Grand Rapids, MI. [Enge]


Charles F. Weigle. (1937). Listen Girls! Holland, MI. [Enge]


John L. Bray. (1938). Is It Wrong To Dance? Spartanburg, SC. [Enge] [Powers] [WorldCat]


Johnson Smith (pub.). (1938). The Confessions of a Taxi-Dancer. Detroit. (pdf) {archive} [Enge] [Powers]


John R. Rice. (c. 1940). What's Wrong with the Dance?


Albert G. Johnson, DD. (1943). The Christian and the Amusement Question. Portland, OR. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Cyrus Osterhaus (ed.). (1943). A Hugging Match Set to Music. Minneapolis, MN. [Powers]


John Dillon. (1943). From Dance Hall to White Slavery. Chicago. [Powers] [WorldCat]

     See Lytle, 1912.


J. M. Gaskin, Pastor. (1945). The Modern Dance on Trial. Shawnee, OK. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Henry J. Kuiper (ed.). (1945). Worldly Amusements in the Light of Scripture. [Enge]


Dan Gilbert, LLD. (1946). The Heritage of Hell, The Modern Dance. Grand Rapids, MI. [Enge] [Powers]


G. Mahler. (1946). To Dance or Not to Dance. St. Louis. [Enge] [Powers]


Cecil N. Wright. (1946). Is Dancing Compatible with Christianity? Temple City, CA. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Harvey Scott. (c. 1947). Evils of the Dance. Delight, AR. [Enge] [Powers]


U. E. Harding. (1950). After the Ball. University Park, IA. (pdf) {Liberty} [Enge] [Powers]


Charles Chumley. (c. 1950). The Christian and the Dance. Dallas. [Enge]


Evangelist Harvey H. Springer. (c. 1950). The Devil's Incubator, An Exposition of Truth on the Dance, the Card Game, and the Theatre. Dallas. [Enge]


James R. McMorrow. (1950). From the Dance Floor to Hell. Ottumwa, IA. (pdf) [Enge] [Powers]


Homer Martinez. (1954). The Case on Dancing. Handsboro, MS. [Enge] [Powers]


Leslie Parrott. (1955). Questionable Things and Places. Grand Rapids, MI. [Enge]


Gene Eidson. (1958). The Dance Is Sin. Buffalo, MO. [Powers]


Vernon A. Schutz, Pastor. (1958). Dangers in Dancing. Wayne, NJ. [Powers]


John L. Bray. (1965). Is It Wrong to Dance? Plant City, FL. [Powers] [WorldCat]


Robert Gee Witty. (c. 1970). Should a Christian Dance?


John R. Rice. (1980). What's Wrong with the Dance?



Secondary Sources


Ann Louise Wagner. (1997). Adversaries of Dance, From the Puritans to the Present. Urbana, IL. [Enge] [WorldCat]


Ralph G. Giordano. (2008). Satan in the Dance Hall, Rev. John Roach Straton, Social Dancing, and Morality in 1920s New York City. Lanham. [WorldCat]


Mark Knowles. (2009). The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances: Outrage at Couple Dancing in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries. Jefferson, NC. [Enge] [WorldCat]





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