and with several events every year they're becoming very popular even if you're not experienced you are encouraged to join in and there are plenty of helpful partners waiting to show you the ropes. movement in music have always stood the russian soul but now in the twenty first century more and more people seem to be learning these traditional courtly dances that hop back to a bygone age i wanted to find out what makes them so appealing to a modern nor dns and how long it might take to get an absolute beginner to the book but. there's a school in moscow which claims it can teach anybody how to dance so i am going to put that theory to the test and apparently there are always sorts of men so hopefully this should be a place for me. good evening everyone today we will learn the

viennese waltz which you can dance at the ball roll. though. it was time to start learning the basics twiddling round by myself everything seemed pretty easy but a solo waltz wasn't exactly going to cut it take the ladies right hand good teacher . the gentleman's right hand system ladies left shoulder blade a little closer. to the time. while the. the i fought the urge to stare at my feet and count out loud we made a few circuits of the room with only minimal damage to obvious toast. the idea is to get good enough to actually not look like a total idiot to the board. ok there we go just live birth that u.k. yeah fine. sorry that's not is have you the traffic jam out of.

our instructor demon has been teaching for the best part of twenty years and says he's never seen dancing more popular. though she wasn't the most because of it is important because whenever you go to any public place like a restaurant there's always room for dancing beats the so you get a feeling of confidence when you know that you can invite a lady to the dance floor. raise your hand. and then whispered you know i think that the first true taste for dancing only comes after three months of practice. but. unfortunately for me i didn't have quite that long if i was going to make it to another daunts i was going to need some serious help to have a question that is coming up and i really need a partner. would you come with. her wonderful. widespread

myself or great of a heart but clearly i'm just going to have to get myself properly prepared all culture isn't just about dancing and i was going to have to brush up on my fashion and my etiquette. most here we see the most authentic russian romanticism of this is a fake mc dress it's accentuated to like shawl and hat only single women were allowed to have uncovered head but it was pushed they had highly decorated hairstyles to married women whether at the ball or at home were required to wear hat in the summer they danced in the stress of balls but it would be worn only at a local summer gatherings or summer school if we look at the male costume we see the dress code was colorful and return to the fashion scene in college courses the shirts of model mostly. james this is the costume for the middle of the

nineteenth century. so no that's the sort of thing open with full. by this time they are wearing black coats and black trousers in comparison with very elaborate gowns for the ladies men look like exclamation points bringing attention to female beauty. and want to remind you that you could make a costume like that for me the core question of course brilliant or. excuse me for a moment well this. is how the first history. of the courtrooms both on the one hand the boardroom is the most democratic place.

most of all you can invite anyone you like your board so just but if you want to invite a lady who is standing next to a gentleman you should ask his permission first. yet the ballroom is also a very patriarchal place in the past jewels and russia work for a bit but there is one exception if someone stood on your partner's dress up like that you were obliged to challenge him to do it only in that instance did the emperor permitted just do it. that cooperation women were able to communicate with fans man you what was being directed at them. was was this the final why right arm to the heart without little point it means i love you other movements had other meanings this one means i have no interest in when

a lady does this it means she likes. you when the lady flaps her family like this that's your signal to invite her to dance and then. stand facing one another the gentleman takes a step to the right. that is gentleman embrace your partner. already. involved but in the off the. us us. the. the skipper stuck or swallowed the excellence but. the rock didn't you have wonderful shoes train is the best and then put me on that bus to boast or.

ok just try it in front yet in front and back and three in the front yep that's the do it in a couple. it wasn't perfect but it was as good as it was going to get and the next day i headed to a room is to pick up my cost you. know what something near you we have an address from the middle of the nineteenth century that you know this hoop skirt is made of silk taffeta there's about nine leaders here at that time flowers were very fashionable just because now i'll show you my pride and joy this is a carnival gown from the sixteenth century. from the old city it's all sewn by hand . all silk and silk and bordered fabric such a beauty. the color of the ball all of this beauty was exempted by the seriousness

rigor and restraint in male attire. that's the kind of out that we've got for you. so this is going to make me hopefully a fresh little gent of the scene fifty's now just to see if everything fits but it seems the trend of the day was for very small clothing. new condos not the best needs to be tight even in paintings you'll see that the male figure i mean it's the females. and waist and the small chunks of meat because he lays for most weekends. but. no takes james for the next week. like that. there we go finally feel authentic james the dandy you soul go to the ball.

shows. the women of the time spent about six hours in hair ration for the head dress i had to have a high level of professionalism in order to make such a hairstyle unless they used ations greek statues as models. style uses lots of walks and curls consumed during these hairpiece holds these hair out fashion we have spirals of the temples we use crowd it's a very romantic style and very playful. especially in dance when a girl dances and flips her curls it's amazing. and. it's super wonderful thank you but you know you're ready for the ball and.

we were dancing in the more of your old apostle museum a building that's over two hundred years old and that's recently undergone a long restoration by descendants of its former owners and amazingly everything seemed to go off without a hitch. i. think . it would take a little break i say now that we finally got the walls out of the way without too many cups is that what's made to stick with it what you think you've got out here is that feeling down your meeting new people you're done in these ads. dear

music everything together all together it's like a run today you get used to it and you get addicted to it i am a boy to get to think that. the house used to play host to the aristocracy of the intelligentsia it set me truth i'm in such all centered surroundings and among beautifully dressed people it's easy to lose yourself. and it's possible i may have got slightly carried away. suck. i do my own satisfaction. i begin.

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long war. follow had been satisfied and i rode back to. it was finally time to read a message i've been past at the darts. james i'd like to invite you to join me at the first russian viennese ball in montrose switzerland it should be

a memorable event if you'd like to attend please join me at the imperial tailoring company in moscow next monday at noon if you'll need to pick out something elegant hope to see you there victor. there was no way i could pass up a chance like this viennese ball is renowned as the best event of the season and i knew the picture was one of the men in charge. now it might be a traditional ball but i don't think the eight hundred fifty look is going to cut it in switzerland so i'm here to meet up with victor and hopefully pick up something a little bit more. picture hi james stuff this is yeah well now we need to choose a huge for you i've already chosen the one for me this one please ok.

certainly had good taste it brought me to moscow's imperial tailoring company when they make some of the best clothes in the business. once. well well james you generally look really very good i think it fits you perfectly but maybe some small items for example your trousers are longer right thing and maybe a bad fake some more buttons this was just you know but in general it's perfect and of course there's always place or something we can always do that's ok right so of course i work ok. you. james this is your theory that you look really perfect thank you very much well i don't think that daniel craig has anything to worry about but you can't help but feel a bit special it's something like this so what's up switzerland because we're coming

to get you. a few days in around two and a half thousand kilometers later i'd arrived in the small swiss municipality of montrose and it certainly didn't disappoint. when you use the wrong yesterday evening welcome to the film for months or so your room is ready this is a room with a key pick you well this is a bit special isn't it a five star hotel for a five star event. the viennese ball has taken place in moscow under around europe since two thousand and three it's the brainchild of organizer alexander smuggler and i caught up with him to see why he decided to hold this one in montreaux. first of all we never did a ball in the lab. we decided to do it and when we were choosing the place we consulted with some. partners from three of the salon

so they said that. look at montreal this is beautiful small town on the lake so it came here spatially to check the place i was impressed so we decided to make both here. more than twenty thousand people have attended alexander stances and each one is planned down to the last detail how much preparation goes into then you know it seems there it is very easy but it is not so definitely. to make a real ball you have said. but. you'll have to bring distress to august first at least one thing for nick one jess august that seemed hours fast to yak about catering to don's flaw in all the people have to submit it to the dogs

because and this is all. i could already tell it was going to be a member of the kazan and according to conduct a alfred a very multicultural want to. do this evening is really very special because we have different problems to solve and we have singers from russia and we have to bell a phone russia and it will fester from it tell italy and i'm from austria so it's an international event absolutely well we'll let you get back oh so you need a script thank you very much take it away maestro thank you very much. and. was. busy with district continue that practice i headed back to my room with just an hour to go i have to get ready but

there's always time to enjoy if you like this. passed. i think i can say without a shadow of a doubt that i could get used to this. to. the guests were beginning to arrive but i couldn't resist one last trip to the hotel's engine room. my nose has led me to probably the most important place in the hotel this evening the kitchen whether i mean all of these things for the ball so i'm going to be a little bit careful because i don't want to get ten angry sets around me that could be dangerous. they're making four courses to

feed four hundred guests so there's not much time to hang around admired their work and with lobster and white growled the menu so to say i was looking forward to dinner. making my mouth water but i'm getting close. while more and more guests began the night with a glass of champagne i went to meet victor and it turned out he had a rather unexpected surprise in store. i. told him this is extending and this is my own thanks because as we're having one big problem we're liking the debutante at the moment i would like to feel and maybe there are never enough men out there always so many beautiful women and never enough men my pleasure if you would if you will have a. great. i had planned to hang back and take part

in some of the big group dances this time and i was suddenly very nervous if this was the same years debutante ball it was more important than ever that i didn't mess up still at least i didn't have long to think about it. with dozens of couples performing the figure waltz we did have a few problems with traffic but with a few well timed walls we made it to the end and then we could really enjoy ourselves.

here love the life you know you do you know it might seem like you have a really pretty mind to be made so maybe you. think i. can take a. vacation to take this case. but it certainly leaves you out of breath and it gave me a chance to chat with samia about why she had decided to become a debutante amid so many different younger people who seem to be taking to this what is it that appeals to this as opposed to you know the traditional kind of going out on a friday night listening in a culture that you know. sauce unleashes a fish and it comes to this question that it's not if you start to live east also very interesting here because of all of last night you know these tend to get

a little bodies as well. as the evening wore on the orchestra was replaced by a jazz band and the music became a little less classical but then surprisingly no one seemed keen to go however. i think the most revealing thing that i can say is i don't want this whole experience to end and maybe that's why people love dogs. so that is just fear my physical escapism a long way that i can see. you. i didn't expect my journey into bowl culture to bring me this far but it has been a fantastic adventure i'm to my surprise i actually don't think i'll be hiking up my dancing shoes and it's on its ear.

we might be two hundred years old from the days of war and peace but there is still pools being held both here and the broads you can imagine even the touch of a stove of the light to attend. the russian dawns tradition is alive and thriving my think. is to tolstoy would have been. deadly rivals the decades. if you had fifteen thousand people killing each other in any other country there would be diplomats there would be mediators. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself am i going to tax my brother

understand my contacts in means you know i'm going to eventually attack the cause of my anger and my frustration the. judge well into the chair i don't want. to have the most violent gangs in us history. is just all model kill or be killed with colors matching the national flag. but this country uses violence when it reaches its and then it legitimizes the violence they are made in america on the odyssey.

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