Prince William - English Country Dance

A demonstration set of "Prince William", a popular English country-dance from about 1721, published by Playford and danced to this day. Music on button-accordion, flageolet and violin.

[@joant1221]

That looks like fun. Kind of like square dancing.

[@TAN1tH1]

Dance! Get off the ground! Flirt! Put some sex into it! YOUNG people did these dances and they did them for FUN. Is that what these people are doing? Convince me! Chris Rogers, England.

[@annhinchliffe9314]

Is this Chris Rogers the same as the internationally known expert (with Ellis) on quadrilles? When they say Flirt, they know what they're talking about! Their classes are 100% scholarly and 200% fun -- just what country dance has always been. Mimmar3891, they were more restrained about leaping into bed but within the conventions of what dancing masters taught there's scope for all sorts of body language.

[@mimmar3891]

@TAN1tH1 LOL. Restraint was the name of the game in those days. There may have been some eye flirting, but this style of dance really wasn't designed to be sexy.

[@susieweasley]

I hate this dance! We call it "Stinkin' Billy"