Danish Double Quadrille
Author: Traditional DanishFormation: Sicilian circle, Double Sicilian: 4-facing-4, partners side by side
Difficulty: 2
Style: Danish
| A1: | All 4 couples, circle left for 16 steps (twice as long as you'd expect) |
| A2: | Circle right for 16 steps. |
| B1: | The outside 2 couples take inside hands, and lead between the others into the middle of the room; turn in and lead back. |
| B2: | The inside 2 couples likewise lead to the outside and back. |
| A3: | Right and left through in fours (all the way). |
| A4: | Circle left and right in fours. |
| B3 & 4: | Each couple take ballroom hold and polka round the opposite couple 2 or 3 times, then go half way round again and form the line again ready to restart. |
In A1, people tend to circle for only 8 steps before reversing - remind them.
This is a genuine Danish dance called "Sønderborg Dobbelt Kvadrille".
This is a genuine Danish dance called "Sønderborg Dobbelt Kvadrille".Music: 64-bar marches (or 2x32 bar ones played alternately). Has its own tune
also in the EFDSS Community Dances Manual and in Pete Mac's 'Band Swing'Thumbnail: Circles, in and out in 4s, rights and lefts, circles in 4s, polka round.