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Description of a Quadrille, 1870, West Virginia
Satirical description of a quadrille, from a West Virginia newspaper; no mention is made of a caller View itemMoving Image
Lancers, 5th figure - Wayside Inn, 1932
This home movie is one of eight reels filmed in the 1930s at the Wayside Inn, Sudbury, MA. (More information about these films is available here.) The Inn at the time was owned by Henry Ford. Ford had… View itemMoving Image
La Strasbourgoise Cotillion -Regency era
Demonstration of a period cotillion at a Napoleonic Ball View itemMoving Image
Les Lanciers de Quebec - Quebec Lancers
This video illustrates the first two figures of a Quebecois version of the Lancers Quadrille, danced at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend in January, 2009. The tune and the name for the first figure… View itemMoving Image
Marlbrouk Cotillion
This dance turns up in the Revolutionary War years of the United States. Here it's danced by a group of students from Brigham Young University. Note the bouncy rigadoon step, which originated in… View itemMoving Image
Parisian Varieties Quadrille
Mid-19th century quadrille, five figures, with music including waltz, polka, and mazurka.Les Variétés ParisiennesA new Quadrille, composed by the "Société Académique… View itemDocument
Quadrilles and Cotillions
This is a collection of e-mails in 1997 from the Fiddle-L discussion group, with participants offering thoughts about tunes and dances. Although the information can be found on a website, we're… View item
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