La Royale is a cotillion written by Giovanni Gallini in 1770, danced here by the Duke of Wellington's Dancers in performance at the Winchester Discovery Centre on 22nd June 2017.
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The Duke of Wellington's Dancers dancing the cotillion 'Le Rouet a filer' (the Spinning Wheel) at Townhill Park House on 28th June 2016 during a dress rehearsal. From XXIV New Cotillons, 1768, by James Longman. Music performed by The Birmingham Baroque Collective. Note the feeling of controlled perpetual motion.
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The Duke of Wellington's Dancers dancing 'The Salamanca Castanets' in the music room at Townhill Park House on 3rd July 2016. Arranged for a 3-couple set. Published in Button and Whittaker's Collection of Country Dances for the Year 1813. Music performed by The Fortuna Trio. Note the influence of Spanish country dance moves from contacts during the Peninsula War (1807 to 1814).
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The Duke of Wellington's Dancers dancing the 'The New Academy' by Thomas Straight, 1779 - in the Adam Hall of Compton Verney House. Music performed by The Birmingham Baroque Collective.
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The Duke of Wellington's Dancers dancing the quadrille 'La Biche' - the 5th quadrille in the second set of Thomas Wilson's 'Quadrille Instructor', 1817 - in the Adam Hall of Compton Verney House. Music performed by The Fortuna Trio.
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A Cotillion by James Fishar, 1778 - danced by the Duke of Wellington's Dancers at Old Basing House on 16th July 2017.
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The Duke of Wellington's Dancers performing a triple minor country dance from 1784 (danced here as a three-couple dance).
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(Note: these dances were recorded during the five years 2012-2017, when I was Dance Master for The Duke of Wellington Dancers, and the performances are by my lovely students from that period.)
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