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Horatio N. Grant
A late-19th-century dance teacher and writer, he is best remembered for a lively manual on the Highland Fling that captures both technique and stage spirit. His surviving work suggests a practical instructor with a strong interest in performance, movement, and popular entertainment.
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The Highland Fling and How to Teach it
by Horatio N. Grant
About the author
Very little biographical information about Horatio N. Grant appears to survive in widely available sources, but his published work places him in Buffalo, New York, in the 1890s, where he was identified as "Prof. Grant" at 485 Main Street.
He is best known for The Highland Fling and How to Teach it (1892), an instructional guide aimed at teachers and dancers. Open Library also lists other titles connected with him, including Song and Dance, The Double Sword Dance, The Columbian-March, and How to Become Successful Teachers of the Art of Dancing, which together suggest a career centered on dance instruction and theatrical or social performance.
Because so few confirmed personal details are easily documented, Grant is best understood through his books: practical, performance-minded works from the late nineteenth century that preserve a slice of dance culture from their era.