An 18th century dance. Also a figure used in our present day Barn dances.The allemande
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Marie Polly Cuninghame was a Dutch ballet dancer. After ballet training in to the Bordeaux she danced in Paris and Brussels. After that, she was contracted by the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, where she was danced from 1801 until 1823, making in this period a high point for ballet in Amsterdam.