Цитаты по контенту: Бальные танцы


Придворный бал

The first thing was a quadrille; The next thing was a galop; After that there was a waltz ; We then departed,

Учили Королеву рилам

“we had great fun teaching H.M*. to dance reels; she could not at all manage the figure of 8 ; she never got back to her place in time, and “ one, two, three, hop,” was altogether above her comprehension, she being too dignified ever to hop on one foot”

Пять вальсирующих принцев

but it was beautiful to see how for a long time, instead of scrambling, the live Princes took regular turns of being left out.

Приглашение на Тампет

“L’extréme felicité de Tempéter  avec vous “—this was the formula of invitation—the dance was the Tempete”

Замечательный новый танец

Last night we had very good funб dancing some wonderful new dances, going all about the house, promenading into dark rooms and odd corners of passages […]There was a funny figure when a lady and gentleman ran down the ladies’side holding a pocket-handkerchief by two corners, and the ladies were all obliged to duck under it, and afterwards up the gentlemen’s side, these being obliged to jump over it, and some of the leaps were strange enough.

Пробовала танцевать Целлариус-вальс

the Queen amused herself by trying the Cellarius Waltz and the Polka, with Countess Wratislaw

“Ноев ковчег” – фигура котильона

It was quite small and a “ married woman’s” ball, which meant that very few girls were asked. […] I can distinctly recollect one figure, a Noah’s Ark with pairs of all the animals that Noah had ever seen—and more besides! The man had to find the woman with the corresponding animal

Отзыв на музыку к новому танцу Триплет

The idea is certainly  both original and good, and likely to be popular. T

The music of Triplet

The music of Mr. Webster, of Chester And Liverpool, in not particularly attractive [].Still Mr Webster, deserves support and prise for having hit for  something novel in the way of dancing. The Polka is evidently intended for Belgravia and its thereabouts.

The Triplet. A new dance.

The Triplet. A new dance comprising of the Galop, Valser and Polka. Dedicated, by permission, to Lady Constance Grosvenor by Edgar Webster. Price 3 p.

ball are given in Warsaw, 1833

or the polonaise is the only dance which affords  an opportunity for conversation. The mazurka, now so fashionable throughout  Europe, has in Poland, so indefinable charm; – it is the fandango of the Poles.

Бал пэров в честь визита Георга IV

Бал немедленно был открыт рилом, за которым последовал контрданс, оба танца Его величество кажется наблюдал с большим удовольствием.

Reminiscences of a waltzer

Shortly afterwards, the quick, or Russian waltz, was introduced by the Emperor of the Russia into this country; and till superseded in some measure, within the last four years, by the Prussian galloppe, and still fashionable Polish mazurka, it has maintained its ascendancy.

Бал общества Royal Caledonian Hunt в честь визита короля Георга IV

Первый рил был исполнен на под мелодию Brechin Castle. Его Величество был помещен во второй сет и хлопал в ладоши в знак своего одобрения. Некоторое количество кадрилей танцевали во второй бальной зале.

Запутанный менуэт

Пока старый учитель танцев объяснял мне сложный менуэт и повернулся ко мне спиной, чтобы получше показать как исполнять поклон,

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