The First Set.
_First Figure, Le Pantalon_.--Right and left. Balancez to partners;
turn partners. Ladies' chain. Half promenade; half right and left.
(Four times.)
_Second Figure, L'Été_.--Leading lady and opposite gentleman advance
and retire; chassez to right and left; cross over to each other's
places; chassez to right and left. Balancez and turn partners. (Four
times.)
_Or Double L'Été_.--Both couples advance and retire at the same
time; cross over; advance and retire again; cross to places.
Balancez and turn partners. (Four times.)
_Third Figure, La Poule_.--Leading lady and opposite gentleman cross
over, giving right hands; recross, giving left hands, and fall in a
line. Set four in a line; half promenade. Advance two, and retire
(twice). Advance four, and retire; half right and left. (Four
times.)
_Fourth Figure, Trenise_.--The first couple advance and retire
twice, the lady remaining on the opposite side; the two ladies go
round the first gentleman, who advances up the centre; balancez and
turn hands. (Four times.)
_Fifth Figure, La Pastorale_.--The leading couple advance twice,
leaving the lady opposite the second time. The three advance and
retire twice. The leading gentleman advance and set. Hands four half
round; half right and left. [1] (Four times)
_Sixth Figure, Galop Finale_.--Top and bottom couples galopade quite
round each other. Advance and retire; four advance again, and change
the gentlemen. Ladies' chain. Advance and retire four, and regain
your partners in your places. The fourth time all galopade for an
unlimited period. (Four times.)
_Or_, All galopade or promenade, eight bars. Advance four _en
galopade oblique_, and retire, then half promenade, eight bars.
Advance four, retire, and return to places with the half promenade,
eight bars. Ladies' chain, eight bars. Repeated by the side couples,
then by the top and bottom, and lastly by the side couples,
finishing with grand promenade.
In different companies the Quadrille varies slightly. For instance,
in the last figure, sometimes called Flirtation, the four couples
set in a circle, the gentlemen turn their partners, the ladies
advance to the centre and retire, the gentlemen advance and retire;
the gentlemen turn the ladies to the left and promenade: the whole
figure being repeated four times.
[Footnote 1: This or the Trenise must be omitted.]
140.--Lancers.
i. _LaRose_.--First gentleman and opposite lady advance and
set--turn with both hands, retiring to places--return, leading
outside--set and turn at corners.
ii. _La Lodoiska_.--First couple advance twice, leaving the lady in
the centre--set in the centre--turn to places--all advance in two
lines--all turn partners.
iii. _La Dorset_.--First lady advance and stop, then the opposite
gentleman--both retire, turning round--ladies' hands across half
round, and turn the opposite gentlemen with left hands--repeat back
to places, and turn partners with left hands.
iv. _L'Étoile_.--First couple set to couple at right--set to couple
at left--change places with partners, and set, and pirouette to
places--right and left with opposite couple,
v. _Les Lanciers_.--The grand chain. The first couple advance and
turn facing the top; then the couple at right advance behind the top
couple; then the couple at left and the opposite couple do the same,
forming two lines. All change places with partners and back again.
The ladies turn in a line on the right, the gentlemen in a line on
the left. Each couple meet up the centre. Set in two lines, the
ladies in one line, the gentlemen in the other. Turn partners to
places. Finish with the grand chain.