Quadrille
Quadrille variation involving five couples dancing at a Colonial Ball in the Albert Hall, Canberra 2016
The quadrille was a type of social dance. It was a sequence dance, a lively dance by four couples arranged in the shape of a square.[1] It became popular in France around 1760. It became popular in England in 1813. American square dancing is a later adaption of the quadrille. In Australia, the bushranger Ned Kelly danced in a quadrille during the siege at Glenrowan, Victoria.[2]
Quadrille Media
Dance engagements card for 11 January 1887, published by M W & Co Ltd (Marcus Ward & Co) 184 × 95mm (7¼ × 3¾in) (inside this dance engagements card is a list of all the dances for the evening – valse, polka, lancers and quadrille; opposite each dance is a space to record the name of the partner for that dance).
"Accidents in Quadrille Dancing", 1817 caricature
- Quadrille.oggtheora
References
- ↑ "Quadrille". The Harvard Dictionary of Music. 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ↑ McMenomy, Keith (1984). Ned Kelly - The authentic illustrated story. South Yarra, Victoria: Currey O'Neill Ross Pty Ltd. p. 161. ISBN 085902122X.
