Coulon's Double Quadrille.

Otago Witness, Issue 2428, 26 September 1900, Page 60

Coulon's Double Quadrille.

This quadrille contains the same ngur;s as tha common quadri'lc, 1-ui so arranged tJust they are 3anct dby four instead of two couple?. All quadiiile music suits it ; and it o cupies jijst half the time of ihe oli qua-lrii!e. It makes an agreeable variebv in the movements of the dance, and is f>as'ly learnt. It requires four c uples. First Figuiie : Pantalon.— Fir»t and second couples righb and left, whilst side couples danca the chaine Anglaite. outside them. All fouc p.oupleq set to partners and turn them. Four ladies form laches' cliiio, or hands across in the middle of the figure, giving iirst right hands, and ih:ii lefc, back to places fialf promenade,*nr-fc r.ad teconcl coujjles do chaine A»glaise, while sido troupl?& do grande chain* round them. This loaves .ill in their rijiht place's, cud ends figure Secolnd I'igure : L'Ete.— First Ja^y, and lady '.•ll lisr rigbr. hand, yjerform the figure'with their • vis-a-vis gentlemen, ts m comnion TJF.te, taking care, when they cro^s, to make a semicircle to the left. Second couple and second side couple repeat •igure, a> in common L'Jite. Third Figure : Li Poule — Top lady and vis-a-vis geutleaian, lady at her right, and her opposite s entleman perform figure at the .' ame time, se-i ing to each other in two cross lines. Other couples fallow as usual. Founra Figure : Li Pastorale.— The first and opposite coujiL-s dance the rigure, not with each other, but with the couples to their right. The latter do the same with fir^t and second coupes. FiFru Figure: Finale.— Galopade all round. Top and opposite couplts galop-id\ forwards and retreat. As they retreat bide coupler advance ; and. as they retreat in their turn, fir-t and second couples gaiopade to 'each others' place. Side couples the sanif. First aod second couplts advance again ; side couples the same as the others retreat ; first and second back to plac s as side couples retreat. Sicie coupes back to places, t 'ouble chaine del dames, aad galopade all round. Then side couplrs repeat iigurea? usual, and gal *p all r-.und inconolus'on. Tt is leoui'ite to keep ccu-rect time and step in this quadrille, which, w.tfd otherwise bec.nia much co-fuied.