Page 3 of 4 Quadrilles, Second Figure
A Guide to Fashionable Dancing
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| ID | JSS0488 |
| Title | Page 3 of 4 Quadrilles, Second Figure |
| Document Reference | MS 3088 |
| Format | 165 x 256 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten Manuscript |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Dance, Quadrilles |
| Item Description | This excerpt is from a series of notebooks compiled by Skinner and his own dance teacher, William Scott. The notebooks were published under the title, A Guide to Fashionable Dancing. [Continued from JSS 0487]. Second Figure. L' Ete. 1. First or top lady and opposite gentleman to the right twice: (This is considered an improvement on Advance and Retire). 2. Cross over five plain steps and at sixth turn the body half round and count 6.7.8. 3. Being now vis a vis to each other to the right four plain steps. 4. Return to partners and turn. Attempts have been made to dance this figure double. Those who do so not only destroy the original figure but add confusion to former arrangements. L'Ete and la Poule after it, are performed each four times; both in the following order: First the leading lady and opposite gentleman perform the figure: second, the first gentleman and opposite lady: third, the lady at the right of the top and opposite gentleman; and lastly, the gentleman at the right of the top and opposite lady. Third Figure. La Poule. 1. First lady and opposite gentleman cross over, offering right hands across giving left hands, and fall in a line, set four in a line. 2. Half promenade to opposite places. 3. First Lady & Gentleman advance twice, at second time the honours...[continued JSS0489]. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner and William Scott |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Publisher | Charles Middleton, Keith |
| Time Period | 1870s-1880s |
| Associated Dates: Creation | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Publication | 1884 |
| Relationships | JSS0486, JSS0487, JSS0489 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Dance Notebooks |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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