Unfried, Hannelore. "L'Alliance Quadrille: A History Painting with Polka Mazurka Steps."

Unfried, Hannelore. "L'Alliance Quadrille: A History Painting with Polka Mazurka Steps." In Ballroom, Stage & Village Green: Contexts for Early Dance [Proceedings of the Early Dance Circle Conference held on 11-13 April 2014], edited by Barbara Segal and Bill Tuck, 99-114. Cambridge: Early Dance Circle, 2015.

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Abstract:
The dancing master (Der königlich böhmisch ständische Tanzmeister) Johann Raab created a Quadrille “L’Alliance” in lines (in der Gasse), that should be performed in Polka-Mazurka steps. As far as I know, this is the only Quadrille to be performed in this step and on the title page the subtitle says: “(im Polka Mazurka Schritt)". What interests me even more are the titles of the figures: La Reine, L’Empereur, L’Attaque, Le Congres, La Victoire, Sebastopol.