Dance Descriptions
for dances taught by Richard Powers at
Twice Upon a Time
2019 Ural Historic Dance Week in Yekaterinburg


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     Social Dances of the Nineteenth Century   
     Cancan Quadrille des Bas Publics   
     Video of Richard's Cancan Quadrille choreography   
     Sociable Schottische Cotillion   
     The Hu Band, music for the Schottische Cotillion   
     Dodworth's Bolero Schottische   
     Guaracha / Spanish Dance   
     Dutch Foursome   
     1864 Polka Country Dance   
     Le Carillon, a 19th century Mixer     
     Over the Top Mixer   
     Dream Waltz Mixer   
     Social Dances of the Ragtime Era   
     Dance Fashions of the Ragtime Era   
     Four Families of One-Step Variations   
     Some Ragtime Era Dance Holds   
     1920 Tangorita Tango   
     Collected Ragtime Era Fox-Trots   
             Danced at the Sky Party  
     One-Step Tango   
     Zig-Zag (Yearning) Saunter  
     1908 Boston Two-Step  
     Castle Schottische  
     The Castle Walk  
     Maxixe  
     Schottische Mixer  
           Danced at the UnderGround Ball  
     Bohemian National Polka   
     Triplet Polka Quadrille   
     Richard's Triplet Galop Quadrille   
     1859 Royal Horse Guard Quadrille   
     Contradance Moskva   


Richard's thoughts on historic dance

     Correct 19th Century Dance Technique   
     The Role of a Nineteenth Century Dance Master   
     Field Research in Historical Dance   
     Guidelines for Dance Research and Reconstruction  
     Richard's page on Dances for a Steampunk Ball   


Other workshops, and more

     Richard's collection of dance manuals   
     Download some of those sources free here             
     Upcoming Dance Workshops   
     Richard's Home Page