ID |
JSS0496 |
Title |
Page 2 of 2, Union Quadrilles |
Document Reference |
MS 3088 |
Item Type |
Manuscript |
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 JSS0495].
4. Spanish - Waltz chain half round (commencing at corners) - Waltz to places - top and opposite ladies change places - side ladies same - top and opposite gentlemen change places - side gentlemen same - Waltz to places {Repeat. 5. English. Top and oppposite couples right and left - ladies chain, grand square* (see illustration.) [Immediately under this is a diagram of the Grand Square, which illustrates where each couple should place themselves whilst performing the Grand Square formation.]
Top and bottom couples ab - cd advance to centre i - chassez to i. - chassez to s, and regain places; the side couples efgh - chassez to o - chassez to p to i and again to places. o at corners means lady, [diamond shape] means Gentlemen. *[Note:] This part of the figure [the Grand Square] is performed by the four couples at the same time. |
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 |
JSS0495 |
Location |
University of Aberdeen |
Collection Name |
Dance Notebooks |
Copyright |
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |