Française (dance)
The Française ( Fr .: French) is a contra dance of the 19th century , that is a dance in which the dancing couples do not dance for themselves, but all together a sequence of dance figures run. Such dance board games were popular until the Second World War . First mentioned around 1820, the Française is related to the Quadrille , which replaced the counter dances of the 18th century.
It is still danced today at balls to the bat quadrille (op. 363) by Johann Strauss Sohn . Especially at Viennese balls , the Quadrille-Française is a fixed highlight of the ball as a traditional midnight quadrille . If this is danced in place of the midnight contribution for smaller balls, the Quadrille-Française is held at least once after the midnight contribution for larger balls Later on there was another opportunity to dance. Usually it is performed as an audience quadrille, in which the steps are announced during the dance. The same applies to the Munich Française at balls in Munich. In addition, the Munich Française is danced at many Bavarian folk dance festivals, usually after the half-time break. The dance round, which begins with the Française, is then concluded with a waltz.
In Ödön von Horváth's play Italian Night (1930) the Française appears as a parlor game.
Figures of the French Quadrille
The six classic French figures of the Quadrille français are:
- Le Pantalon
- L'Été
- La Poule
- La Trénis
- La Pastourelle
- final
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Keyword Quadrille. In: Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck and Frank Moore Colby (Eds.): The New International Encyclopædia . 1905.