Mr. Baert sent out dance figures yesterday to those who were interested, so now we have more figures for the ball! I'm currently working on reconstructing the quadrille and ecossaise from the German sources, so those will be posted later on once I've had a chance to work them out. They are more complicated than Paine's 4th Set of Quadrilles and the English version of the Ecossaise. Until then, I will post figures for Miss Bedford's Waltz from Thompson's 1813 dance manual!
Miss Bedford's Waltz
A1: 1st couple circles for 3 with 2nd woman (4 bars). 1st couple forms an arch and the 2nd woman passes under it and casts back to place. 1st lady can also keep hands with 2nd lady so that she can also turn clockwise under the man's arm (4 bars).
A2: 1st couple circles for 3 with 2nd man (4 bars). 1st couple forms an arch and the 2nd man passes under it and casts back to place. 1st man can also keep hands with 2nd man so that he can turn anti-clockwise under his partner's arm (4 bars).
B1: 1st couple leads down the middle (4 bars), comes back and casts into 2nd to progress (4 bars).
B2: 1st and 2nd couples do 4 changes of lefts and rights (8 bars).
C1: 1st couple turn corners (8 bars).
- 1st couple crosses set by right shoulders and 2-hand turns right-hand corner. Repeat with the left-hand corner.
C2: Couples balance with the right hand and change sides. Repeat with the left hand (8 bars).
- You take right hands with your partner, and step in towards each other, out and the woman turns anti-clockwise under her partner's arm. You end up on opposite sides of the set. Repeat with the left hand, but turn clockwise under your partner's arm, returning to place. See the video below.
- NOTE: this is from Mr. Baert's reconstruction of the figures, not the original, for timing purposes.
So, that's another waltz country dance for the Duchess of Richmond's Ball! That's all for now (I'll keep working on those other reconstructions...) - until next time! Happy dancing!
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