W. H. Basley’s GALOPADE QUADRILLE

Danced at a ball in Kirov, Russia, to music by Kirov’s full symphony orchestra. This is an exact reconstruction of all five figures, as described in The Dancer’s Assistant, London, circa 1870. Discovered and reconstructed by Richard Powers. The music is a suite of Strauss galopades that would have been known in 1870. I don’t know why the dancers chose to perform the five figures in the order of 1-3-2-4-5, perhaps a preference of the orchestra, but all five figures are complete. The written reconstruction, with detailed footnotes, is here: