Lanciers Workshop
Les Lanciers - Traditional dance of
Denmark
**Wednesday** 7pm to 10pm **July 14, 2010**
Scottish Cultural Centre, 8886 Hudson Street- – Main Floor $7.00
As these are SET DANCES we ask that you Register/Book your place in
the dance
Limit of 5 SETS consisting of 8 dancers in each SET will be led
through
these exciting 5 parts of the Danish Lanciers
Marie (Jensen) Disiewicz - Dance Mistress
Coffee & Tea with light lunch (dessert, fruit, cheese & crackers)
Les Lanciers is a Square or a Quadrille which is the pan-European
term for a set dance performed by four couples. It is a composite
dance made up of five figures or tours, each performed four times so
that all couples will dance the lead part. We find Les Lanciers or
The Lancers in many variants in several countries.
One in particular, with its own distinctive music and choreography,
is danced only in Denmark.
Les Lanciers came to Denmark from England in 1860 and was soon known
in the higher classes in Copenhagen.
New music was written, and the dance developed in a slow evolution
during 50 years until it found its current and canonised form before
the 1st World War.
The dance which started in the bourgeoisie of Copenhagen spread out
through dancing schools in provincial towns and through the landed
gentry until it was known and loved in the entire Danish society.
Widespread though it was throughout Europe, Les Lanciers or The
Lancers went out of mode in the beginning of the century.
It survived as a popular dance only in Denmark where it is now
danced in an unbroken tradition of almost 140 years. In Denmark, Les
Lanciers is danced at Court, at any University and School Gaudy, and
at countless private functions. Les Lanciers is also taught in most
of the schools in Denmark, as it is considered a part of
Danish children's upbringing.
YouTube Example of Les Lanciers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Pq4B-7zv0&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB-1tP1hMqA&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJHiaXpHJdI&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOEpD5oJxUU&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KkVEuW8Uck&feature=channel