As someone who leads a lot of historical dance, especially eighteenth century, I think of "quadrille" as referring specifically to the dance format in square formation that replaced eighteenth century cotillions. There are distinct structural differences between cotillions, quadrilles, and most modern square dances. I'll spare you the details, at least for now. Although there are plenty of modern square dances with the word "quadrille" in the name, I don't think of them as quadrilles.
Jacob Bloom Arlington, Massachusetts On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:55 PM Tony Parkes via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Here’s my take on it, from the glossary of my forthcoming book _*Square > Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century*_: > > > > Quadrille (1) A formal square dance in five or six figures, > introduced in the early 19th century; the original figures were selected > from the cotillion (definition 1), although additional figures were written > later. (2) In the Northeast, a term used until the mid-20th century for a > set of (usually three) squares done with the same partner. (3) A term used > by modern square dance callers for a square phrased and prompted in New > England style. (4) In some areas, a fiddle tune in 6/8 meter. > > > > Tony Parkes > > Billerica, Massachusetts, USA > > > > > > *From:* Rich Sbardella via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, February 21, 2020 12:41 PM > *To:* Amy Cann <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Contra Callers <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Totally open question: what's a "quadrille" ? > > > > Amy, > > > > My interpretation is that a quadrille is a square prompted in the New > England tradition. > > > > In the modern western tradition few callers use this method, but I was > taught by New England caller Dick Leggier who composed many promoted > 'quadrille" figures to use in the MWSD environment. This is still my > method of calling squares in the club scene. > > > > I am not sure why I understand it that way. Word of mouth is a > contributor, but also older publications like Sets in Order often referred > to many of these simple 64 step dances as quadrilles. > > > > Here's one Jerry Helt called by from Tony. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9d46BSqRLI > > > > Rich > > Rich > > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:26 PM Amy Cann via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > What do you think of as a quadrille, tune and/or dance? > > I'm very curious to hear as many different answers as there are > ages/locations/opinions on here. :) > > (Tell you why *after* we have a nice long thread. :) > > Cheers, > Amy > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- [email protected] http://jacobbloom.net/
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