{"id":168284,"date":"2023-06-26T10:23:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/?p=168284"},"modified":"2023-06-26T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:23:14","slug":"behind-the-artifact-dancing-slippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/behind-the-artifact-dancing-slippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Detr\u00e1s del artefacto: Elizabeth Ann Seton y la vida danzante"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is highlighting artifacts in its new museum and their significance in the life of the first person born in America to become a saint.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are they: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mother Seton’s dancing slippers. They are made of cream silk with “S” monograms and hard leather soles and reach 9 inches in height. The Daughters of Charity archives have two complete pairs.<\/p>\n

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What do we know about Elizabeth and music\/dancing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Around the age of eighteen, Elizabeth entered the culturally sophisticated world of wealthy New York society. Upper-class girls of her time were exposed to the social graces of polite conversation, manners, and diplomacy. A talented musician, she loved to dance so much that she kept her dancing slippers all her life.<\/p>\n

A loving duet <\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth and her husband, William Magee Seton, shared a pleasure in music and theater, and Elizabeth proved a rapt audience for his reminiscences of the art and landscapes of Italy, where he had spent time.<\/p>\n

She and William entertained friends in evenings of conversation and music, he at his violin and she at her piano, and they attended plays at the city\u2019s John Street Theater. William\u2019s violin, bought in Cremona, was the first known Stradivarius in this country. He played French ballads, melodies from the American Revolution, Vivaldi\u2019s violin concertos, and sometimes to Elizabeth\u2019s delight, a duet with her at the piano.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to music<\/a> from Elizabeth\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

In Honor of George Washington <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Birth night Ball\u00a0originated in Britain to commemorate the birthday of the monarch. Following the American Revolution, the birthday of George Washington was celebrated in the same fashion. The first public celebration of Washington’s Birthday was at Valley Forge during the winter of 1778 on February 22.<\/p>\n

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Notice her father-in-law\u2019s name, William Seton. He was one of the organizers of the ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Balls like this one were a critical part of the social life for the upper ends of society. Here is a look at what a night at the ball<\/a> was likely to entail.<\/p>\n

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“Cotillion Dance,” by John Collett, London, March 10, 1771. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While no written timeline of a ball exists today, they were often all-night affairs. A ball in the 18th<\/sup>\u00a0century might have been organized like this:<\/p>\n

7:00pm – Guest arrival with light refreshments and dancing<\/p>\n

10:00pm \u2013 Seated supper<\/p>\n

Midnight \u2013 Dancing resumes<\/p>\n

5:00am \u2013 The last guests leave<\/p>\n

Such a timeline would allow ample opportunity for dishing the latest gossip, discussing business and politics with neighbors, forming new acquaintances, and, of course \u2013 flirting.<\/p>\n

The theater <\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth also had a love of the theater. While we don\u2019t know for sure that she attended, the John Street Street Theater<\/a> was a few streets away from her home.<\/p>\n

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The Little Red Book<\/strong><\/p>\n

As she became a mother, Elizabeth filled a red notebook with reflections and advice for her daughter Catherine. The notebook\u2019s contents were not meant for the public eye, and they are as contradictory and spiky as \u201cDear Remembrances\u201d is smooth and opaque. Some pages offer briskly sensible advice:<\/p>\n

Elizabeth deems dancing \u201cgood exercise,\u201d cautions Kit against marrying \u201can unprincipled man,\u201d and explains the usefulness of \u201csimplicity\u201d in dress (\u201cit makes a lovely woman more lovely, and even an ugly one pleasing\u201d) \u2026.<\/em> Catherine must have pure principles, Elizabeth warned, because once she fell in love, \u201cPassion will soon blind poor reason and even a Mother\u2019s tears would have no power to save her darling.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Elizabeth gathered her advice from Introduction to a Devout Life \u2013 read the page here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre el Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton, visite <\/em>www.setonshrine.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cada semana, el Santuario Nacional de Santa Isabel Ana Seton destacar\u00e1 una exposici\u00f3n de su nuevo museo y su importancia en la vida de la primera persona nacida en Am\u00e9rica que lleg\u00f3 a ser santa.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":168286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4308,3920],"tags":[4309],"class_list":["post-168284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artifacts","category-newsroom","tag-artifacts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBehind the Artifact: Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Dancing Life - Seton Shrine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/setonshrine.org\/es\/behind-the-artifact-dancing-slippers\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Behind the Artifact: Elizabeth Ann Seton and the Dancing Life - 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