Regency Reel

Hello everybody, here we are again at Neuville, using the music of Dorset Four Hands reel as reconstructed by Peter Swann in the 20Th century. Reels were popular during Jane Austen’s do not know which one she danced but it may have been something as energetic as the sequence we perform ; stepping would have been including. At a time when women were not encouraged to run or laugh or exert themselves in any kind of way, reels were not considered select dances. A l’époque de Jane Austen, le reel, danse dynamique truffée de pas était tolérée dans la salle de bal, faute de pouvoir l’interdire. On pouvait danser le reel longtemps sur des mesures différentes. Nous utilisons la version traditionnelle reconstruite par Peter Swann qui a le grand mérite de ne pas durer trop longtemps !