What is Quadrille?
[[File:Quadrille-Ete-Lebas-ca1820.jpg|thumb|220px|People dancing a quadrille in 1820]] [[File:Quadrille set five person set colonial ball at the Albert Hall.jpg|thumb|Quadrille variation involving five couples dancing at a Colonial Ball in the Albert Hall, [[Canberra]] 2016]] The '''quadrille''' was a type of social dance. It was a [[sequence dance]], a lively dance by four couples arranged in the shape of a square.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.credoreference.com/entry/harvdictmusic/quadrille_fr_from_sp_cuadrilla_a_group_of_horsemen |title=Quadrille|first= |last= |work=The Harvard Dictionary of Music|year=2003 |accessdate=13 July 2011}}</ref> It became popular in [[France]] around 1760. It became popular in [[England]] in 1813. American square dancing is a later adaption of the quadrille. In [[Australia]], the [[bushranger]] Ned Kelly danced in a quadrille during the [[siege]] at [[Glenrowan, Victoria]].<ref>{{cite book |last= McMenomy |first= Keith |title=Ned Kelly - The authentic illustrated story |publisher= Currey O'Neill Ross Pty Ltd |date=1984 |location=South Yarra, Victoria |page=161 |url= |isbn =085902122X }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{-}} {{stub}} [[Category:Ballroom dances]]