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People dancing a quadrille in 1820
Quadrille set five person set colonial ball at the Albert Hall
Quadrille variation involving five couples dancing at a Colonial Ball in the Albert Hall, Canberra 2016

The quadrille was a type of social dance. It was a sequence dance, a lively dance by four couples arranged in the shape of a square. It became popular in France around 1760. It became popular in England in 1813. American square dancing is a later adaption of the quadrille. In Australia, the bushranger Ned Kelly danced in a quadrille during the siege at Glenrowan, Victoria.


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