Dances for a Princess
By Sally-Ann Petchey
In her 2018 book Dances for a Princess, Sally-Ann Petchey presented research, explanations, contextual information, and instructions for dancing the pieces from Ignatius Sancho’s Cotillions &c. Humbly Dedicated to the Princes’s [sic] Royal (1776). In the videos on this page, Sally-Ann Petchey and her colleagues offer their reconstructions of these dances, together with explanations.
All the music is performed by Green Ginger—Meryl Thomson, Ian Thomson, and Cas Sloan (www.greengingerband.co.uk and www.greenginger.bandcamp.com)—and can be found at https://greenginger.bandcamp.com/album/ignatius-sancho-cotillions-etc. The names of the dancers appear below each video.
L’Bon Ton – Cotillion
Dancers:
David Lawrence & Janette Palmer
Paul & Jane Coatalen
Rod Glandfield & Alison Lawrence
Carl Terrey & Leanne Tuck
Ne craignez rien – Cotillion
Dancers:
David Lawrence & Janette Palmer
Paul & Jane Coatalen
Rod Glandfield & Alison Lawrence
Carl Terrey & Leanne Tuck
Bulstrode House – Explanation and Dance
Danced as a three-couple set but would originally have been a triple minor
Dancers:
Larraine Nicholas & Leanne Tuck
Jenny Glandfield & Vibeke Ormerod
Jane Coatalen & Alison Lawrence
Forhham Johnny – Explanation and Dance
Dancers:
Alison Lawrence & Larraine Nicholas
Annette Ashton-Redlin & Leanne Tuck
Janette Palmer & Vibeke Ormerod
Jane Coatalen & Jenny Glandfield
The Runaway – Explanation and Dance
Dancers:
Larraine Nicholas & David Lawrence
Jenny & Rod Glandfield
Jane & Paul Coatalen
Sultana
Dancers:
Annette Ashton-Redlin & Rod Glandfield
Janette Palmer & Paul Coatalen
Jane Coatalen & David Lawrence
Tant pis – Cotillion
Dancers:
Janette Palmer & David Lawrence
Vibeke Ormerod & Paul Coatalen
Jenny & Rod Glandfield
Larraine Nicholas & Carl Terrey