• Culture,  Dance, Art, and Music

    Quadrille dancing: St. Croix U.S. Virgin Islands

    What is it about dancing that stirs the soul?  It’s fun, that’s what!!!!  One cannot help but tap the feet, sway  the hips and clap the hands rhythmically to the beat.    A couple years back I visited St Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands for the first time and fortune smiled after meeting and seeing the traditional quadrille (folk)dancers.  Dancing…..music In general  has always been a means of joy and uplift to many people in history and quadrille is no different.  Basically it’s very similar to square dancing with its’ origins coming from 1700 France using St Croix ‘s traditional Quelbe music which originated from African slaves.  The dance made popular in English society was brought…