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Quadrille facts for kids

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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.


Images for kids

  • The First Quadrille at Almack's

    Lady Jersey introduces the quadrille to England

  • Dance card00

    Dance engagements card for 11 January 1887, published by M W & Co Ltd (Marcus Ward & Co) 184 × 95mm (7¼ × 3¾in) (inside this dance engagements card is a list of all the dances for the evening – valse, polka, lancers and quadrille; opposite each dance is a space to record the name of the partner for that dance).

  • 1817-accidents-in-quadrille-dancing

    "Accidents in Quadrille Dancing", 1817 caricature

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cuadrilla (danza) para niños

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