Cuirassiers
| ID | JSS0491 |
| Title | Cuirassiers |
| Document Reference | MS 3088 |
| Format | 165 x 256 mm |
| Medium | Handwritten Manuscript |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Scottish Dance, Cuirassiers |
| Item Description | This excerpt is from a series of notebooks compiled by Skinner and his own dance teacher, William Scott. The notebooks were pulished under the title, A Guide to Fashionable Dancing. Cuirassiers 1. First and opposite couple half right and left - side couples the same. All promenade to places and turn partners. The ladies advance and retire - gentlemen do the same. All set and turn partners. 2. Two ladies move to right, and hands three round. The ladies again set to right and turn opposite gentlemen. Lady and opposite gentlemen advance and retire, back to back. Set and turn partners. 4. First lady advance twice. Opposite gentleman do the same. First couple advance twice, leaving lady at left of opposite gentleman. The two ladies cross and change sides, while first gentleman passes between them - the same repeated to places - set and turn partners. 5. All change sides and back again. Lady advance and retire opposite gentleman the same - the ladies move to the right into next lady's place and stop. The ladies again to right - gentlemen to left. All promenade to places and turn partners. |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner and William Scott |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Publisher | Bayley & Ferguson, Glasgow |
| Time Period | 1870s-1880s |
| Associated Dates: Creation | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Manuscript | c.1883 |
| Associated Dates: Publication | 1884 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Dance Notebooks |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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