Yesterday evening we had a little dance practise of Paine's 4th Set of Quadrilles so that we could do some more filming for those who are interested in learning this dance. It is exactly 2 weeks before the Duchess of Richmond's ball! Since we didn't have the music for Paine's 4th Set, we were using the music from his 1st Set for the videos. You'll notice that the light levels in each video gets slightly darker, but hopefully the motions will still be pretty clear... Paine's 4th Set: Le Pantalon
L'Ete
La Poule
La Pastourelle
It got pretty dark outside, so pay close attention to the figures in this video... It was chaos on the dance floor - we couldn't see a thing!
Just joking! I'll post videos of the last 2 segments hopefully tomorrow!
June 4 UPDATE: The last 2 videos of the quadrille!
La Pastourelle
La Finale
That's all for now - until next time... Happy dancing!
Hi everyone, Today I'll be looking at the 3rd figure of Paine's 4th Set of Quadrilles: La Poule! Once again, I will work on giving a detailed breakdown of the figures to make it easier to practice. Here is an image of the original figures.
3rd Figure: La Poule
A: Honours (8 bars).
B: 1st woman and 3rd man Traversé with the right hand (or, cross over - 4 bars); de-traversé with the left hand (4 bars).
1st woman and 3rd man cross the set touching right hands as you pass (3 skip changes + jeté assemblé). In the video of the dance group from the Netherlands, they do a high five!
1st woman and 3rd man return, this time taking left hands with each other, and right hands with PARTNER to form a line for 4 (3 skip changes + jeté assemblé). The partners on the outside of the line face opposite directions to their partner. See top image of the plate below:
All
take hands in a line for 4 and set twice to your partner
(always going to the right first - this means that the middle arms between
1st woman and 3rd man will be extended as each person sets right to their
partner; then the arms between the partners will be extended as each
person sets left.
The dancers on the outside ends of the line (1st
man and 3rd woman) turn into the set to face the same way as
their partners and take promenade/skater’s hold (the 1st woman
and 3rd man on the inside of the line DO NOT turn).
The head couples promenade halfway to the other side of
the set (3 skip changes +
jeté assemblé). The couple in which the man was active (3rd man) will promenade in a
semi-circular track to the opposite side. BUT, the couple in which the lady was active initially (1st
lady), will do a different promenade – when 1st couple reaches
the other side of the set, they will turn in towards each other (keeping
hands) to face into the set.
C: 1st woman and 3rd man
En avant et en Arriere (advance and retire – 4 bars); Dos-à-dos (4 bars).
1stwoman and 3rdman advance (1 skip change + jeté assemblé) and retire (1
skip change + jeté assemblé).
1st woman and 3rd man do a back-to back. I would recommend starting this on the left foot (1 skip change forward on the left foot, 1 step to the side, 1 skip change back + jeté assemblé).
** The figure in La Poule is similar to this image, but only 1st woman and 3rd man do the back-to-back, rather than both couples illustrated here.
A: Head couples (1st and
3rd) En avant et en Arriere (or, advance and retire – 4 bars) ; demi-Chaine Anglaise
(or, 2 changes of rights and lefts – 4 bars).
Head couples take inside hands and advance (1 skip change + jeté assemblé) and retire (1 skip change + jeté assemblé). I think of the C & A parts as: I advance with the opposite person, then do a back-to-back, and finally pick up my partner.
Head couples do 2 changes of rights and lefts back to place (2 skip changes with the right hand to cross the set, 1 skip change + jeté assemblé with the left hand).
** The chaine anglaise in La Poule only consists of 2 changes to get halfway, not the 4 changes pictured here, but the motion is the same.
Repeat for the other
pairs of dancers (ie.
2nd woman/4th man; 3rd woman/1st man;
4th woman/2nd man).
Remember, you have not
finished dancing when you have danced your part (as active woman or man), as
you will form the line for 4 etc. when your partner is active.
The 3rd figure of Paine's 1st and 4th Sets are the same, so if you watch this video of the , this may help to illuminate the movements.
** La Poule starts at 3:35.
Here is the Quadrille Club from England performing Paine's 1st Set as well.
** La Poule starts at 3:46.
That's all for now - until next time... Happy dancing!
