W. H. Basley's GALOPADE QUADRILLE

Danced at a ball in Kirov, Russia, to music by Kirov's full symphony orchestra. This is an exact reconstruction of all five figures, as described in The Dancer's Assistant, London, circa 1870. Discovered and reconstructed by Richard Powers. The music is a suite of Strauss galopades that would have been known in 1870. I don't know why the dancers chose to perform the five figures in the order of 1-3-2-4-5, perhaps a preference of the orchestra, but all five figures are complete. The written reconstruction, with detailed footnotes, is here: socialdance.stanford.edu/Sylla...

[@stephanietorres5679]

I thoroughly enjoyed these dances. The costumes are amazing!!

[@saramuresan9305]

My goodness how marvellous, though I dream of doing this often I know I would be a strain to the other more experienced dancers.😩😅

[@tymanung8058]

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[@ToivanGelder]

Just lovely.

[@richardcleveland8549]

Wonderful performance - danced with such brio and such beautiful costumes. And, isn't it interesting that 102 years after the October Revolution, tsarist-era costumes are in fashion! I have an idead that 100 years ago, such a ball and such costumes would have been frowned upon by the Cheka!

[@user-tn2us3qn9b]

@PMKKO Are you serious?) It's our historical dancing club..))

[@user-eo6hd7br4b]

@@user-tn2us3qn9b интересно, где находится ваш клуб, как называется? Хочется познакомиться и с другими такими же классными номерами!👍👍👍👍👍💃

[@fulviafosco1893]

Que belíssima apresentação: a música, a dança, a orquestra, tudo sincronizado. Faço parte de grupos de dança aqui na minha cidade. Adoro dançar!!!!

[@elvinadhludhlu5380]

Beautiful.

[@richardcleveland8549]

Listening again . . . how splendid they are! The last tune was from a quadrille on themes from Verdi . . . familiar, but just out of reach of my memory! Great performance.

[@barahona68]

It^s from the beginning of the 1. Act of Rigoletto.

[@kashtonpeter6462]

Instablaster...

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@barahona68 Ah, so! Many thanks! It was from the "Melodien-Quadrille" Op. 112 composed by Johann Strauss II. JSII composed several quadrilles based on opera and operetta tunes; his "Fledermaus Quadrille" is one of my favorites.

[@barahona68]

@@richardcleveland8549 Be welcome.

[@JoelEverettComposer]

My daughter and I quite enjoyed this. Super!

[@stephanietorres5679]

I love the costumes and the Strauss quadrilles I have heard for the first time.

[@richardcleveland8549]

Back for another look . . . and they're still great!

[@worldcooking]

What delightful period dances!

[@catherinegarmon3027]

Excellent!

[@user-xe8ri2cd7k]

Какие же красивые люди!!! А платья!!! Это великолепно!!!! Горячий привет из Нижнего Новгорода)))

[@moxieola]

Спасибо за поздравления, Нижнего

[@soulonice99]

I love it that the ladies are wearing flats.

[@Olga_Ovechkina]

It would be very strange to wear heels with dresses in the style of the 1850s.

[@tomwotton9]

Humans really are amazing!

[@12thDecember]

So that's where the high five originated. 😉 Beautiful costumes.

[@user-lw3uf3lw1n]

Великолепно!

[@jinhongseol]

War and peace & Anna Carrenina .. I was touched by the scene. I would like to learn it too. ㅋㅋ 배우고 싶다

[@serabezserdca]

Вауу.. Даже паркет в геицинке еще целый... 😮

[@atsukouwu71]

esta increíble me encanto

[@amparoospina562]

Hermoso

[@antoniaspolski1284]

The music is a suite of Strauss galopades - Not quite so. Beginnig with 5.18 Verdi's music from Act I of Rigoletto sounds.

[@nastolki-po-vzroslomu]

хочу туда!

[@nadaklen3254]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@thomashogan16]

Most excellent! The guys should all have on the buckled pumps of the period though. I know they have them in Russia. Just sayin'

[@annikajey]

What are the names of the songs?

[@moxieola]

They are five galopades by Strauss. Dinorah, Flick Flock, Toto, Folichon and Melodien.

[@Bellesdanses]

Treé sympathique

[@laydicavilam5998]

Galopades is Polka?

[@andym2142]

Russians are dancing ! Means excellent ! Красиво!

[@Monique-inv]

This is one of my favorite! Someone knows the title of the music at 2:45 please?

[@moxieola]

That is Strauss' Toto-Quadrille, Op. 265

[@coldrain46]

nice where it was ?

[@user-tn2us3qn9b]

In Kirov, Russia

[@mishahimmelreich3921]

музыканты оделись как на репетицию, подпортили вам общее впечатление от просмотра

[@moxieola]

Обычно эти музыканты одеваются официально. Но в тот день была очень жаркая жара, поэтому дирижер разрешил своим музыкантам одеться неформально.

[@user-dh9kz1ce6t]

Костюмы шьются за свой счет и стоит это не дешево.

[@BCSchmerker]

+moxieola *Thanks for this vid showing a precedent for the square dance of the working class.* The W. H. Basley treatise describes the four-couple dance reconstructed herein: I hit skunk trying to confirm the titles of this compilation of galopades composed by Johann Гtrauſз dem 1en (GeAKM).