Lancierkadrilj

Country: Sweden
Formation: 4 couple quadrille (W carrying fans). Numbered CCW from opposite the music.

                                           Music
					   W3 M3
					M4       W2
					W4       M2
					   M1 W1

Type: set dance
Courtesies:

Woman: with weight on L foot, W moves R foot in an arc to the side and back, with a not too deep bow with the upper body and a small dip with L knee, after which she straightens up.
Man: with weight on R foot, M moves L foot diagonally back left, while bowing slightly with his upper body. Thereafter straightening up.

Steps:

Approche: Can be danced to either 4/4 or 6/8 time. In 4/4 time: R foot forward (1), close L foot to slightly behind R (2), R foot forward (3-4), L foot in front of R, with toe to the floor (5-8), L foot forward (9), close R foot to slightly behind L (10), L foot forward (11-12), R foot in front of L, with toe to the floor (13-16). In 6/8 time: R foot forward (1-2), close L foot to slightly behind R (3), R foot forward (4-6), L foot in front of R, with toe to the floor (7-12), L foot forward (13-14), close R foot to slightly behind L (15), L foot forward (16-18), R foot in front of L, with toe to the floor (19-24). Dance backwards in the same manner, ie: L foot back, R almost closes to L, L foot back, and close R to L and rest for one bar.
Chassé-croisé: similar to the approche step, but danced sideways. Can be done to 4/4-time or 6/8 time. In 4/4 time: R foot to the side (1), almost close L foot to R (2), R foot to the side (3-4), L foot crossed in front of R, with toe to the floor (5-8). Followed by a chassé-croisé to the left: L foot to the side (9), almost close R foot to L (10), L foot to the side (11-12), R foot crossed in front of L, with toe to the floor (13-16). In 6/8 time: R foot to the side (1-2), almost close L foot to R (3), R foot to the side (4-6), L foot crossed in front of R, with toe to the floor (7-12), L foot to the side (13-14), almost close R foot to L (15), L foot to the side (16-18), R foot crossed in front of L, with toe to the floor (19-24).
Dip-step: is danced to 6/8-time. Following a slight dip with L knee, R foot forward (1-2), L foot forward (3), with a rise onto the ball of R foot followed by a dip with R knee, while L foot is brought forward and past R (4-6), L foot forward (7-8), R foot forward (9), rise onto ball of L foot, followed by a dip with L knee, while R foot is moved forward and past L foot (10-12). Repeat, with alternating forward movement of R and L foot.
Polka-lift-step: is danced to 4/4-time. R foot forward (1), L foot almost closes to R (2), R foot forward with a rise onto the ball of R foot, while L foot is brought forward and past R (3-4), L foot forward (5), R foot forward (6), rise onto ball of L foot, while R foot is moved forward and past L foot (7-8). Repeat, with alternating forward movement of R and L foot.
Balancé: is danced to 4/4-time. R foot to R side (1), L foot closes to R (2), L foot to L side (3), close R to L (4),
Walk: walking steps also occur, and like all the steps, should be danced 'softly', and as much as possible with the toe of the foot to the floor before the heel.

Music:

Bars Sequence Dance progression

Intro All rest.

1-8 1 All curtsey/bow to opposite (1-2), curtsey/bow to partner (3-4), and curtsey/bow to corner, ie M1 to W4, M2 to W1, M3 to W2 and M4 to W3 (5-6). Rest in position (7-8)

9-16 M1 and W3 [the dancing couple] dance approche steps towards each other beginning with R foot, and retire with a backwards approche step beginning on L foot (9-12). The same two dancers dance with walking steps towards each ochter, take R hand in R hand, turn a half-tirn CW, drop hands and return to place (13-16).

17-24 Coouples 1 and 3, holding inside hands, all beginning with R foot, cross to the opposite place, couple 3 passing through couple 1 which opens. Couples 1 and 3 turn turn a half turn CW and cross to original place, couple 3 again passing through couple 1.
Note: that the couple containing the W who danced bars 9-16, always passes through the opposing couple.

1-8 All couples curtsey/bow to corner (1-2), to partner (3-4). All couples take R-hand in R-hand with partner, turn CW on the spot and return to original position.

9-24, 1-8 M2 and W4 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple

9-24, 1-8 M3 and W1 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple

9-24, 1-8 M4 and W2 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple.
The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 8.

25-40 2 Couple 1 dances, beginning with R foot, approche steps towards couple 3 (25-26), retire with backwards approche steps (27-28),
Couple 1 dances forward with a two-step (R L R) (29). With two walking steps, M1 places W1 in front of and facing himself, diagonally across the centre of the set, such that M1 has W2 to his R and somewhat behind, while W1 has W4 to her R and somewhat behind [ie M1 is facing between W3 and M4, and W1 is facing between M2 and her original place.] (30). M1 and W1 curtsey/bow to partner (31-32).
M1 and W1 now dance chassé-croisé, first to the R, and then to the L (33-36), take a 2-hand hold with partner, and turn 1-1/4 turn CW (37-39) with walking steps beginning with R foot, and separate such that W1 finishes beside M2, and M1 finishes beside W4; meanwhile couple 3 separates, and W3 stands beside M4 and M3 beside W2 (40).
Music W3 M3 M4 W2 W4 M2 M1 W1

41-48 The two lines, holding hands in their lines, dance approche steps forward, beginning with R foot (41-42), and backwards beginning with L foot (43-44). Again dance forward with approche steps beginning with R foot (45-46).
Each couple takes 2-hand hold with partner, and with walking steps beginning with R foot, turn CW to return to original place (47-48).

25-48 Couple 2 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M2 has W3 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are perpendicular to those above.
Music M4 W3 M3 W2 W4 M1 W1 M2

25-48 Couple 3 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M3 has W4 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are as above.

25-48 Couple 4 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M4 has W1 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are perpendicular to those above.
The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 48.

49-56 3 (a) W3 dances figuré vis-a-vis M1: W1 dances a dip-step beginning with R foot, forward and to her R (49), closes L to R and pauses (50), subsequently moving forwards and to the L past her partner with her back to him, with a dip-step beginning with the L foor (51) and closes R to L foot (52). Simultaeoudly M1 dances forwards and to his L with a dip-steps (51-52).
M 1 and W3, dance another dip-step moving to the R, beginning with R foot, and approaching each other (53), and do a light curtsey/bow to each other (54)
Finally both retire with backwards dip-steps to original partner (55-56), W beginning with R foot, M beginning with L foot.

57-64 (b) All 4 W begin with R foot and dance dip-steps alternating R and L foot, moving forwards and to the L, for just a moment lightly grasp R hands with just the fingertips, forming a star (57-58), and drop hands while giving L hand to opposite M, who take L hand in L and R hand on W's waist (courtesy hold), turns her CCW on the spot with two dip-steps (beginning with R, then L foot)(59-60). All 4 W return to partner in the same way (61-62, 63-64).

49-64 M2 and W4 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple

49-64 M3 and W1 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple

49-64 M4 and W2 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple
The dance master signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 64.

65-76 4
Visiterna Couple 1, holding inside hands, begin with R foot and dance with walking step towards couple 2 (65-66), and both couples do a curtsey/bow. Couple 1, with walking steps beginning with R foot, turns a one-helf turn CCW, and dances toward couple 4. (69-70), and both couples curtsey/bow. M1 and M4 drop hands with partners, and dance figuré for opposite W, with a chassé-crosé behind own partner, first to the R (73-74) and then to the L (75-76); meanwhile W1 and W4, in front of and with back to own partner, dance chassé-crosé to L (73-74) and to the R (75-76) face-to-face with opposite M. R foot

77-88 M1 and M4 turn CW, and W1 and W4 turn CCW, and both couples take 2-hand hold and walk, beginning with R foot, CW around the set to return to place (77-80).
W1 and W3 dance with dip-steps as in (3 b) across to opposite M (81-82), are turned as in (3 b) (83-84), and return to own partner the same way (85-88).

65-88 Couple 2 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 3 followed by couple 1.

65-88 Couple 3 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 4 followed by couple 2.

65-88 Couple 4 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 1 followed by couple 3.
The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 88.

89-104 5 (a) All take L-hand with partner, and dance L-hand chain with polka-lift steps beginning with R foot, M moving CCW and W moving CW (89-92). When M meets his partner the first time, half-way around the set, they do not take hands, but instead dance a couple of small steps on the spot (93-94), and curtsey/bow (95-96). The chain continues as before back to place, where hands are again not taken but each couple curtsey/bow to partner (97-104).

105-112 (b) All couples take side-cross hold position. Couple 1 dances with 4 polka-lift steps beginning with R foot, in an arc inside the set passing infront of couples 2, 3, and 4, and return to place facing out of the set (105-108). Couple 2 dances with 2 polks-lift steps and finishes behind couple 1 (109-110), followed by couple 4 which finishes behind couple 2 and infront of couple 3 (111-112). Ie all couples are now in a line behind each other, and all facing in the same direction as couple 3.

89-112 (c) All M now dance chassé-croissé crossing behind own partner, while all W dance chassé-croissé to their left (89-90), while maintaining the lines. All dance two balancé-steps towards partner, and then away from each other (91-92).
All dance a chassé-croissé, M to the L and W to the R, with W again passing in front, to return to original lines, approximately 2 short steps apart (93-94), followed by 2 balancé-steps, first away from partner, and then towards partner (95-96).
All promenade, beginning with R foot, forward to couple 1's position, M turn L and W turn R, proceed down outside the lines to couple 3's position, aagain M turn L and W turn R and return inside the lines to return to original lines (97-104), finishing facing and about 3 steps from opposite line. Both lines hold hands, and dance an approche-step towards opposite line beginning with R foot, one approch-step backwards away from opposite line beginning with L foot, and a third approche step towards opposite line (105-110). Each couple takes 2-hand hold and with walking steps beginning with R foot, turn as a couple to return to original place (111-112).

|:89-112:| Couple 2 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 2 begins, followed by couples 3 and 1, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 4.

|:89-112:| Couple 3 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 3 begins, followed by couples 4 and 2, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 1.

|:89-112:| Couple 4 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 4 begins, followed by couples 1 and 2, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 2.

89-112 All dance chain as in (5a) (89-104). All curtsey/bow to opposite (105-106), to own partner (107-108), to corner (109-110), and take original positions (111-112).

Source: Lindblom, Knut "Lancierkadrilj", pp 115-119 in: Karlson, Gustaf (red.) Svenska folkdanser och sällskapsdanser. Stockholm: Svenska Undomsringen för Bygdekultur, 1944.
Translation: Laine Ruus, Oakville ON, 2015-08-02, rev. 2015-08-06

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Bars	Sequence	Dance progression
	Intro	All rest.
1-8	1	All curtsey/bow to opposite (1-2), curtsey/bow to partner (3-4), and curtsey/bow to corner, ie M1 to W4, M2 to W1, M3 to W2 and M4 to W3 (5-6). Rest in position (7-8)
9-16		M1 and W3 [the dancing couple] dance approche steps towards each other beginning with R foot, and retire with a backwards approche step beginning on L foot (9-12). The same two dancers dance with walking steps towards each ochter, take R hand in R hand, turn a half-tirn CW, drop hands and return to place (13-16).
17-24		Coouples 1 and 3, holding inside hands, all beginning with R foot, cross to the opposite place, couple 3 passing through couple 1 which opens. Couples 1 and 3 turn turn a half turn CW and cross to original place, couple 3 again passing through couple 1. Note: that the couple containing the W who danced bars 9-16, always passes through the opposing couple.
1-8		All couples curtsey/bow to corner (1-2), to partner (3-4). All couples take R-hand in R-hand with partner, turn CW on the spot and return to original position.
9-24, 1-8		M2 and W4 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple
9-24, 1-8		M3 and W1 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple
9-24, 1-8		M4 and W2 repeat sequence 1 as the dancing couple. The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 8.
25-40	2	Couple 1 dances, beginning with R foot, approche steps towards couple 3 (25-26), retire with backwards approche steps (27-28), Couple 1 dances forward with a two-step (R L R) (29). With two walking steps, M1 places W1 in front of and facing himself, diagonally across the centre of the set, such that M1 has W2 to his R and somewhat behind, while W1 has W4 to her R and somewhat behind [ie M1 is facing between W3 and M4, and W1 is facing between M2 and her original place.] (30). M1 and W1 curtsey/bow to partner (31-32). M1 and W1 now dance chassé-croisé, first to the R, and then to the L (33-36), take a 2-hand hold with partner, and turn 1-1/4 turn CW (37-39) with walking steps beginning with R foot, and separate such that W1 finishes beside M2, and M1 finishes beside W4; meanwhile couple 3 separates, and W3 stands beside M4 and M3 beside W2 (40). Music W3 M3 M4 W2 W4 M2 M1 W1
41-48		The two lines, holding hands in their lines, dance approche steps forward, beginning with R foot (41-42), and backwards beginning with L foot (43-44). Again dance forward with approche steps beginning with R foot (45-46). Each couple takes 2-hand hold with partner, and with walking steps beginning with R foot, turn CW to return to original place (47-48).
25-48		Couple 2 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M2 has W3 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are perpendicular to those above. Music M4 W3 M3 W2 W4 M1 W1 M2
25-48		Couple 3 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M3 has W4 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are as above.
25-48		Couple 4 repeats sequence 2 as the dancing couple. By bar 30, M4 has W1 to his R and somewhat behind. The lines, formed by bar 40, are perpendicular to those above. The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 48.
49-56	3 (a)	W3 dances figuré vis-a-vis M1: W1 dances a dip-step beginning with R foot, forward and to her R (49), closes L to R and pauses (50), subsequently moving forwards and to the L past her partner with her back to him, with a dip-step beginning with the L foor (51) and closes R to L foot (52). Simultaeoudly M1 dances forwards and to his L with a dip-steps (51-52). M 1 and W3, dance another dip-step moving to the R, beginning with R foot, and approaching each other (53), and do a light curtsey/bow to each other (54) Finally both retire with backwards dip-steps to original partner (55-56), W beginning with R foot, M beginning with L foot.
57-64	(b)	All 4 W begin with R foot and dance dip-steps alternating R and L foot, moving forwards and to the L, for just a moment lightly grasp R hands with just the fingertips, forming a star (57-58), and drop hands while giving L hand to opposite M, who take L hand in L and R hand on W's waist (courtesy hold), turns her CCW on the spot with two dip-steps (beginning with R, then L foot)(59-60). All 4 W return to partner in the same way (61-62, 63-64).
49-64		M2 and W4 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple
49-64		M3 and W1 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple
49-64		M4 and W2 repeat sequence 3 as the dancing couple The dance master signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 64.
65-76	4 Visiterna	Couple 1, holding inside hands, begin with R foot and dance with walking step towards couple 2 (65-66), and both couples do a curtsey/bow. Couple 1, with walking steps beginning with R foot, turns a one-helf turn CCW, and dances toward couple 4. (69-70), and both couples curtsey/bow. M1 and M4 drop hands with partners, and dance figuré for opposite W, with a chassé-crosé behind own partner, first to the R (73-74) and then to the L (75-76); meanwhile W1 and W4, in front of and with back to own partner, dance chassé-crosé to L (73-74) and to the R (75-76) face-to-face with opposite M. R foot
77-88		M1 and M4 turn CW, and W1 and W4 turn CCW, and both couples take 2-hand hold and walk, beginning with R foot, CW around the set to return to place (77-80). W1 and W3 dance with dip-steps as in (3 b) across to opposite M (81-82), are turned as in (3 b) (83-84), and return to own partner the same way (85-88).
65-88		Couple 2 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 3 followed by couple 1.
65-88		Couple 3 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 4 followed by couple 2.
65-88		Couple 4 repeats sequence 4 as the dancing couple, visiting couple 1 followed by couple 3. The dance masterr signals to the music that the sequence is finished with a clap on [the last beat of] bar 88.
89-104	5 (a)	All take L-hand with partner, and dance L-hand chain with polka-lift steps beginning with R foot, M moving CCW and W moving CW (89-92). When M meets his partner the first time, half-way around the set, they do not take hands, but instead dance a couple of small steps on the spot (93-94), and curtsey/bow (95-96). The chain continues as before back to place, where hands are again not taken but each couple curtsey/bow to partner (97-104).
105-112	(b)	All couples take side-cross hold position. Couple 1 dances with 4 polka-lift steps beginning with R foot, in an arc inside the set passing infront of couples 2, 3, and 4, and return to place facing out of the set (105-108). Couple 2 dances with 2 polks-lift steps and finishes behind couple 1 (109-110), followed by couple 4 which finishes behind couple 2 and infront of couple 3 (111-112). Ie all couples are now in a line behind each other, and all facing in the same direction as couple 3.
89-112	(c)	All M now dance chassé-croissé crossing behind own partner, while all W dance chassé-croissé to their left (89-90), while maintaining the lines. All dance two balancé-steps towards partner, and then away from each other (91-92). All dance a chassé-croissé, M to the L and W to the R, with W again passing in front, to return to original lines, approximately 2 short steps apart (93-94), followed by 2 balancé-steps, first away from partner, and then towards partner (95-96). All promenade, beginning with R foot, forward to couple 1's position, M turn L and W turn R, proceed down outside the lines to couple 3's position, aagain M turn L and W turn R and return inside the lines to return to original lines (97-104), finishing facing and about 3 steps from opposite line. Both lines hold hands, and dance an approche-step towards opposite line beginning with R foot, one approch-step backwards away from opposite line beginning with L foot, and a third approche step towards opposite line (105-110). Each couple takes 2-hand hold and with walking steps beginning with R foot, turn as a couple to return to original place (111-112).
\|:89-112:\|		Couple 2 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 2 begins, followed by couples 3 and 1, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 4.
\|:89-112:\|		Couple 3 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 3 begins, followed by couples 4 and 2, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 1.
\|:89-112:\|		Couple 4 repeats sequence 5 as the dancing couple. In (5b), couple 4 begins, followed by couples 1 and 2, and all finish facing in the same direction as couple 2.
89-112		All dance chain as in (5a) (89-104). All curtsey/bow to opposite (105-106), to own partner (107-108), to corner (109-110), and take original positions (111-112).