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La boulangère - dance of French Revolution
Dance from the period of the French Revolution. La Boulangère was the only dance mentioned by name by Jane Austen, and it is related to an American dance figure of the south called the Shoo-Fly Swing. View itemDocument
La naissance du cotillon et du quadrille, contredanses françaises
Article (in French) by Simonne Voyer, who is the author of La danse traditionnelle dans l'est du Canada: quadrilles et cotillons. For a translation in English by Susan Kevra, click here. View itemMoving Image
La Nouvelle Carel, French cotillion 1762
Cotillion, La Nouvelle Carel, Le Repertoires de Bals, de la Cuisse, Paris, 1762Here is another dance from the same collection, performed by a different group. View itemMoving Image
La Strasbourgoise Cotillion -Regency era
Demonstration of a period cotillion at a Napoleonic Ball View itemMoving Image
La-Bouchette
This square dance was filmed for a Quebec, Canadian television series called Soirée Canadienne that aired between 1960 and 1983. The show was hosted by Louis Bilodeau. View itemSound
Labor Day Quadrille (clip) - Ted Sannella
This clip is part of a series of eight square dances called by Ted Sannella at the Chesapeake Spring Dance Weekend, sponsored by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington. (Ted called another four or… View itemMoving Image
Lac-Bouchette
Crooked tune alert! - careful listeners will note that the B part of this tune has seven bars instead of the usual eight! This square dance was filmed for a Quebec, Canadian television series… View itemSound
Ladies Chain Through the Stars - Bob Hunt
Bob Hunt was a prominent Australia caller, based in Victoria, who in the 1950s was calling six nights a week. View item
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