To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Riga Dance Club, on Sunday, 3 March, the Culture Palace Ziemeļblāzma will host a QUADRILLE BALL, followed by a dance evening.
15:00 Quadrille Ball
18:00 Dance evening (until 22:30)
Dress code for the Quadrille Ball – folk costume, tailcoat, late 19th century festive dress* or festive uniform.
For the dance evening you can dress as you wish..
Participants are”Riga Dance Club”, folklore group “Kokle” (Riga), ethno company “Zeidi” (Riga), LU dance folklore group “Dandari” (Riga), folklore group “Tarkšķi” (Iecava), folklore group “Dimzēns” (Jelgava), Lūznava Manor dance group “Lūznovys kadriļs” (Rezekne region), folklore group “Upīte” (Balvi region) and individual participants. Special guests: historical dance groups “Ballare” and “Magnolija”.
Everyone is welcome to dance both at the Quadrille Ball and at the dance evening. Those who are not dancing will also be able to watch the ball.
To learn how to dance quadrilles at the ball, dance lessons are being organised on Sundays in February inRiga.
To help you learn the dances, videos of some of the quadrilles are available at: http://www.folkdance.lv/lat/kadrilu-video/
Entrance ticket: 8,00 EUR
* We recommend wearing folk costumes. If you choose a late 19th century festive costume, it should be festive, not casual.
Programme:
15:00 Opening, Riga Dance Club performance.
15:25 Goda solis (opening dance a la Polonaise)
15:45 Group photo
Quadrille Ball
16:00 Dimzēns – Ciganovskis, Balabaska
16:15 Dandari – Rundāls, Rikavas kadriļa
16:35 Ballare & Magnolia – Performance
16:45 Tarkšķi – Rušs, Jautrais stūris
17:05 Kokle – Bērzgales kadriļa, Kvadrāts
17:25 Rīgas Danču klubs – Ačkups, Family Jig, Kertinis Jonkelis
Dance evening
18:00 Zeidi
18:45 Dimzēns
19:35 Dandari
20:20 Tarkšķi
21:08 Kokle
21:55 Rīgas Danču klubs