towards the tremulous expression on the task his face prepared either for despair or rapture suddenly brightened into a happy grateful childlike smile. i have long been waiting for you that frightened happy girl seemed to say by the smile that replaced the threatened tears as she raised her hand to prince under a shoulder. they were the second couple to enter the circle prince andre was one of the best dancers of his day and natasha dump sticks was. it's the heights of the russian bowl season i'm always been invited to my first look to attend an event which they've promised me is going to be the height of sophistication and delegates and it's the eighteen twelfth anniversary both.

for over a thousand years the russians have known that a good party needs dancing down the centuries rich and poor alike have learned the steps put on their costumes and set off to find love patronage or simply a good time. in this suitably grand building almost two hundred people have gathered to perform the classics from the polonaise to the polka all in front of a live orchestra. you can't help but notice the effort that's gone into their appearance and although i wasn't the only one in my dress i did feel a little out of place.

though i mean i feel much in the way of the sensory plating but i do know one lady exactly how to get the right heel for a period. so we all look so beautiful costumes here. of course this fall here was first dedicated to the war of eighteen twelve it wasn't so much about russia as they but it was the first such event it was held after the war a certain degree of courage was required to hold the ball at that time this stance is where it all began. 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 stirred the russian soul but now in the twenty first century more and more people seem to be learning

these traditional courtly dances that hark 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. it was time to start learning the basics. round by myself everything seemed pretty easy but a solo waltz wasn't exactly going to cut it take the ladies right hand good. the

gentleman's right hand system a lady's left shoulder blade a little closer. to the time. capsule. the. bar. 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 low birth the u.k. yeah fine. so that's not is how to give a traffic jam. our instructor demon has been teaching for the best part of twenty years and says he's never seen dancing more popular. because he 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 just 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 don't i was going to need some serious help do you have a question there's a pool coming up and i really need a partner. would you come with. a pink or wonderful. but sect myself a 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 this is a picnic dress it's accentuated with the light shawl and hat only single women were allowed to have uncovered head which they had highly decorated hairstyles to married women whether at the ball or at home were required to wear hats that summer they danced in the stress of balls but it would be worn only at a local summer gatherings and summer school if we look at the male costume we see the dress code with colorful and return to the fashion scene in color courses the shirts of most. james this is the costume for the middle of the nineteenth century. so now that that's the sort of thing on the boats and black trousers in comparison with very elaborate gowns for the.

brilliant. excuse me for a moment and all this. that's how the professionals do it. for dreams both on the one hand the ballroom is the most democratic place the most on the ball you can invite anyone you like your boy dom so just but if you want to invite a lady who is standing next to a gentleman you think you should ask his permission first of all yet the bowl room is also a very patriarchal place in the past but we do know is in russia were forbidden but

there is one exception if someone stood on your partner's dress up like that you were obliged to challenge him to undo it. only in that instance did the emperor permit it just a. little cooperation women were able to communicate with fans with the man you what was being directed at them was most lists 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 you 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.

on. the stand facing one another the gentleman takes a step to the right. that is gentleman embrace your partner. for any. off the. bus. or smaller the excellent off. the rock you have wonderful shoes train is the best new put me on that bus the most or. ok just try it in front yes the front and back and three in the front yeah they do 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 remiss to pick up my cost you. know what nothing here we have a dress 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 just because it's a carnival down from the sixteenth century. i'm not saying it's all sewn by hand. all silk and silk embroidered fabric such a beauty. and the ball all of this beauty was exempted by the seriousness rigor and restraint in male attire. that's the kind of outfit 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. and look at those messages the best needs to be tight even in paintings you'll see that the male figure it's the females. and waist. the small chunks of big kids here ladies for most that we can't put the cakes james off the next week. like that. there we go and finally feel oh thanks. james the dandy schol go to the ball. sure. women of the time spent about six hours in hair commission to 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 to the party style uses lots of logs and curls consumed during this hairpiece holds these hair out of fashion we have spirals at the temples we discount it's a very romantic style and very playful. especially in dance even 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 balls and all the. things. 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. and . it would take a little break but hey now that we finally got the walls out of the way without too many cups is that what's made you stick with it what you think you've got out here that feeling down your meeting new people you're done in these ads. dear music everything together all together is like a drunken day you get used to it and you get addicted to it i would like to get that they think that. the house used to play host to be our stock chrissie i'm 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. stuff. i did moan satisfaction. i begin.

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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 that victor was one of the men in charge. now it might be a traditional bore but i don't think the eighteen fifties 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 when it's use us you for you i've already chosen the one for me this one please . me had good taste it brought me to moscow's imperial tailoring company where they make some of the best clothes in the business. runs. really well well james you generally look really very good i think fit perfectly but maybe some small items for example your trousers are longer right thing and maybe a bad fake some more buttons all. this was just yeah yeah but in general it's perfect and of course there's always a place or something we could always do best ok right so of course i work ok.

q. 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 welcome to the film for most of us so your room is really 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 a comic. 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 montreal. first of all we never did a ball in the like ok. we decided to do it and when we're choosing the place we consulted with some. partners from sweden switzerland so they said that. look at montreal this is beautiful small town on the lake so they 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's dumpsters and each one has planned down to the last detail how much preparation goes into. it wasn't my sense you know it seems. that it is very easy but it is not so definitely. to make a real ball you have several levels of it but you have to bring distress to

august first at least one thing for nick one just all just seen gathers your fans to get the ball paid three dollars flaw in all the people have to submit it to the dogs because of this is ball. market already tell it was going to be a member of kazan and according to conduct 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 delhi from russia and it will fester from it to italy and i'm from austria so it's an international event absolutely well we'll let you go back because it was the uniqueness critter thank you very much take it away maestro thank you very much.

was. as the district continued that practice i headed back to my room with just an hour to go i had 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. is. the guests were beginning to arrive but i couldn't resist one last trip to the

hotel's engine room. well my nose has led me to probably the most important place in the hotel this evening the kitchen whether carrying all of these things for the ball so i can 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 hike around admired their work then with lobster and white growled the menu so to say i was looking forward to dinner. taking my mouth water. time 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. like i. told him this is and this is my own thanks because as we're having one big problem we're

like in 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 don'ts is 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.

your loving life you know you do you know it might seem like you have a really pretty it's like mine to be made so maybe you. can. take i. think they. could take some cases. but 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 a met 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 is that in a culture that you know. sauce. is finished and it comes from this question of this not just article east also very interesting here because all of last night you know these tend to get a little bodies it's known. as the evening wore on the orchestra was replaced by a jazz band and the music became a little less classical but unsurprisingly no one seemed keen to go home. i think the most revealing thing that i can say is that 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 abroad you can imagine even the touch of a stove of the light to attack. the russian dawns tradition is alive and thriving my think. is to tolstoy would have been. to speak your language the turks will use programs and documentaries in arabic

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