edwarddespard:It’s the 1830s, and do we have dance crazes for you! Not only is the can-can all
edwarddespard:It’s the 1830s, and do we have dance crazes for you! Not only is the can-can all the rage, so too is the Galope! Very, very vigorous versions of which exist - not just the Galope Infernal, but also rather bad-taste fun like versions based on the cholera epidemic. This one looks like a reasonably sedate version. Le Charivari, 10 April 1833 by F Lehnert -- source link
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