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A Dance through Time

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Deborah Bull dances her way through fourcentunes, from the Renaissance to Romanticism.
4: The Forbidden Dance. When Lord Byron first witnessed a waltz in 1821 he was horrified: "Imagine my surprise to see poor dear Mrs Hornem with her arms half round the loins of a huge Hussar-looking gentleman, and his arms rather more than half round her waist, turning round and round to a damned see-saw up and down sort of tune." Producer Kate McAII

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Deborah Bull
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Mrs Hornem
Producer:
Kate McAii
Source: Radio Times

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