Danse Libre - Russian Mazurka Quadrille at Stanford Big Dance 2009

Danse Libre performing the Russian Mazurka Quadrille at Stanford’s Big Dance on 8 May 2009. This dance is also commonly known as the “dawn mazurka“. At Big Dance 2009, 80 students danced a version of this dance at dawn after having danced all night. This dance is a tradition at Big Dance. The dance harkens back to the all night balls in which the young dancers were trying to show they still had energy at dawn to dance a complex choreography after having dances throughout the night. Dance recons