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The Ball-Room Polka, Polka Cotillon and Valse à Deux Tems — containing the Origin, Description, and Mode of Dancing the Polka, and the figures of Paine's First Set, Caledonians (1st & 2nd Sets), The Parisian, Lancers (Hart's Set), Windsor Castle, The Queen's (1st & 2nd Sets), Royal Victoria Quadrilles (Marshall's), Her Majesty's Favourite, the Circassian Circle, the Spanish Dance, La Galopade, Galopade Quadrilles, the Mazourka (Russian Cotillon), the Royal Devonshire Mazourkas, the Polonaise, the Waltz Cotillon, and the Scotch and Highland Reels. By Eugene Coulon. London, 1844.

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The Ball-Room Polka, Polka Cotillon and Valse à Deux Tems — containing the Origin, Description, and Mode of Dancing the Polka, and the figures of Paine's First Set, Caledonians (1st & 2nd Sets), The Parisian, Lancers (Hart's Set), Windsor Castle, The Queen's (1st & 2nd Sets), Royal Victoria Quadrilles (Marshall's), Her Majesty's Favourite, the Circassian Circle, the Spanish Dance, La Galopade, Galopade Quadrilles, the Mazourka (Russian Cotillon), the Royal Devonshire Mazourkas, the Polonaise, the Waltz Cotillon, and the Scotch and Highland Reels. By Eugene Coulon. London, 1844.

Publisher: Eugene Coulon (Maître de Danse, 47 Marlborough Street, London / Brook Street academy). London, 1844.Year: 1844

The first printed guide to dancing the Polka in England, straight from the master who taught London society in 1844.

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