Queens Waltz Quadrille

In 2019, the Buckingham Palace Royal Collection asked me to choreograph this quadrille for the 200th Anniversary of Queen Victoria (1819-1901). The specific request was for a three-minute waltz quadrille to be performed in the Buckingham Palace ballroom. This was to commemorate and recreate the first ball ever held in the Buckingham Palace ballroom, in 1856.
This is a choreography modified for performance, viewed by a modern audience. Our ideal is authentic audience response, with the viewers today feeling the same as 19th century viewers would have felt in 1856. But today's audience isn't from the 19th century. They are accustomed to changes at a faster pace, and will lose interest if a figure is repeated by each of four couples-something that the original viewers were accustomed to. In order to elicit a more authentic response, that is similar to that of a 19th century viewer, repeats of the same figure are skipped, and the five figures of a quadrille are combined into one. All of these figures were known in London by the mid-19th century, and are performed in the original manner.
Performed by dancers from several Russian cities, at a concert in Ufa, Russia. I worked with these dancers in a week-long workshop in Ufa, culminating with a multi-dance performance.
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I think the waltz is the most romantic of all dances.

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I wish I could dance and wear a beautiful dress like that