SPANISH DANCE
VICTORIAN
From "Ballroom Instructer" (Sic), 1841
Longways improper or Sicilian Circle, simultaneous start.
32-bar waltz; "Cinderella Waltz" is named.

A1&A2: Partners taking inside hands, balance f&b to opposite, balance again, 
    let go partner, take left hands with opposite, turn to change and face in.
    (Now facing across instead of up and down.)  Take near hand with opposite,
    and repeat, now with partner.  Repeat as above, for a total of four balance
    and change, until home.

B1: Right hand star (hands across, ladies above); left hands back.

B2: Promenade to the right, passing this couple, and face a new one.
    (Closed waltz is not mentioned as a possibility).


This can be danced by any number of persons. The couples take their position on
the floor in the following manner: first couple at one end of the room, back to
the wall--the next couple directly before, and face the first--third couple
next to the second, and face the same way as the first--fourth couple next, and
the rest in the same manner, till the column is completed, which may go the
whole length, or completely round the room, according to the number present. If
all have taken their positions right, the couples will be in the following
order: first and second couples face each other--and third and fourth, fifth
and sixth, and all others in the same manner.

The music for this figure must be a waltz,
or tune in triple time, as Cinderella waltz, Kate Kearney--the Cachuca and
others. It commences with

Balance.--Gentlemen and partners take hands; first and second couples balance
forward to each other and back, balance again, and gentlemen exchange
partners--first and second gentlemen taking the left hands of the opposite
ladies and turn partly round, so that the couples may face each other, but
across instead of lengthwise of the columns; balance again, back, forward, and
both gentlemen take the left hands of the opposite ladies, (their partners,)
and turn so that they may again balance lengthwise of the room, but both
couples have exchanged places; the balance is performed four times, by which
means each couple will have occupied and balanced from four different
positions.

Cross Hands.--The two ladies take right hands, and gentlemen take hands across
them, forming a star; the four half round, change hands, face the other way,
and back to places. Partners take hands and promenade to the right,
in a circle, the first couple passing the second, and stop facing the third,
next below, with whom they balance, &c. This completes the description of the
figure, as after the promenade the couples balance to those before them as at
first. Every two couples in the column balance at the same time. After every
balance and promenade, by passing those with whom they previously balances, the
gentlemen and partners will find themselves facing a different couples; so that
a lady and gentleman commencing at one end of the room, may go to the other by
the time the music ceases; which in this dance depends entirely on how long the
company may choose to keep the floor.