Quadrille Club & Friends at the Richmond (Victorian ) Ball 2009

[@jasperchisum331]

I wish I lived back then. So elegant and such etiquette behavior. It's truly beautiful. So much better than the club scene nowadays.

[@spurnthemuse]

Back when this was filmed?

[@ServantOfTime]

@@spurnthemuse I think they mean the Victorian Era :)

[@Alagboriel]

No equality, no healthcare, no antibiotics, no freedom, no voting for women and people of colour? I’d rather live now, enjoy the dresses, music and balls, and the rights and freedoms we have nowadays...

[@Kate0603]

Lovely. The lady in light green looks particularly elegant and graceful. Her dress is stunning, too.

[@tkucey8689]

I love how I found this because I started reading again and then fell in love with books about fairies and faeiry balls where they are dancing the quadrille

[@estefaniah7337]

Oh wish this level of coulture existed in my country (I live in Mexico) so I could attend this beautiful kind of dance. Still, a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing it.

[@tymanung8058]

Your wish can come true. 1) See current website Baile de contrdanza de ArteagaCoahuila for current Mexican vintage dance they undoubtedly can help you. 2) See website This Waltz Was?Once Attributed to Strauss + text & 3 video clips including 1950 film bio of Ross's called Sobre l as alas title of his still world famous hit song?. Juventino Rosas es el Strauss Mexicano. Que compositor!r. -popularidad para siempre! Viva Juventino Roasas His music but not his name is also known in US & Europe. May you connect + Sr. Roasas & those amazing Mexican waltzes polka mazurka contrdanza fanzines et al (See also websites on contradanzas from Cuba (2) & another on habanera ( anotherCuban contra )) listed under this name Buena Suerte!

[@Cjandlindseyland]

its a shame this isnt popular!how fun!i wish the youth of these days had more culture!

[@spurnthemuse]

Subversion of culture has been an act of war. Rulers hate us. Their plan to slowly erode away all that is good. God sent them to punish us for ignorin the Torah and the Prophets daily.

[@Seasider48]

Just beautiful. Thank you for posting.

[@RetroFan]

True story. When I was a very young child, no older than 6, I had a dream I was a man in another time. I came through these curtains into a dark large room decorated with long, big red curtains. I was wearing a brown suit and I sat at a round table, had a small drink. Couples were dancing slowly and the women wore dresses similar to what's shown in this video. I'm 34 and have never forgotten that dream.

[@RegencyLady-ho2ik]

I also had dreams like this as a child, I still do. We visited a stately home when I was 5, in the ballroom I said to my mum that I met him (my husband) here, that we danced. Whenever i watch something like this I feel at home and that's something I rarely feel, but always feel hearing this music, seeing the dances, the dresses, the interior design, the stories, I could spend all night every week doing this, but modern clubs I'm looking for an escape within less than a minute of being there. More often it involves me making up a reason to not go at all. Unfortunately there's nothing that does this near where I live. That's why I'm hoping to get a job where there are so I can do something I enjoy rather than be at home all night every night because I don't enjoy modern dance and socialising methods. Some people may say I'm mad, but I feel I have lived in this time (regency/victorian), it feels like I've experienced it and long to go back, it's a homesick feeling.

[@ShiningAndStarstruck]

looks like so much fun! going to one next month, and if anyone wants a website to where they can find these dresses, ask me.

[@eduardoa-delgado3138]

Oh this looks like so very much fun! i would love to do something like this

[@spurnthemuse]

Do it!

[@PollyannasWorld]

Very Nice! I'm a Modern Western Square Dancer - I love that this cotillion is called, the moves are the same as our Moderen Western Square Dancing Calls.... NIce to see a full dance floor too! Keep Dancing!

[@shairravero712]

If given a privilege, I would really love to dance in this kind of extraordinary occasion. @@ :|

[@dmm9320]

omgg it's 2021 and i just found out.

[@TAN1tH1]

For anybody , Contact me through my web page and we will list your nearest teacher or dance club for this 19th Century style of dance. Ellis

[@tymanung8058]

Thank you for you wonderful efforts.

[@mary69666]

That's soooo nice, where do people find the costumes?

[@thestressedseamstress5924]

Mmm there should be some out for rental/purchase at event costuming shops, however if you prefer something more historically accurate and higher in quality, I'd recommend getting a dress commissioned at a tailor specialising in historical garments. :)

[@tymanung8058]

There are more sorts of possibilities 1 some co.s right now 6- produce &sell Victorian etc. reproduction clothes form under100 USD to over 1000 See Victorian repro clothing 2 books o patterns s like Kristin Shalashenko' 60 Civil War Era Patterns 3 Q&A advice from Debbie Sessions of Vintage Dawn(?) who also sells ready made repros Good luck in buying or creating your own vintage clothing & enjoy wearing & dancing in them

[@MrGTOWN901]

The one lady in the red dress that danced first looks so beautiful! I wish that we could still dress like this. Are there any Victorian balls in Tennessee

[@tereziatomasovicova9224]

That ´s absolutely perfect! can I ask you, what is the name of the first music piece?

[@TAN1tH1]

The Waltz Cotillion is danced to The Merry Widow Waltz by Lehar

[@tereziatomasovicova9224]

Thank you very much and I wish you all the best in your future projects :)

[@Yoksol]

i would be the most jealous girlfriend ever!! ...Other women dancing with myy man!!