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QUADRILLE
A fashionable dance for eight people
in a square formation, It was imported by Lady Jersey to English aristocrats in 1816 from elite Parisian ballrooms.
The "Quadrille" was the forerunner of the modern American "Square Dance".
Dancing the quadrille, English print circa 1820
Youtube.com- Quadrille
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