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the dance so fast that 1800s ballrooms basically invented cardio with a fiddle
originGerman ballrooms, early 1800s, named for galloping horses
stependless sideways chasses around the room at speed
finale roleclosed quadrilles and balls as the breathless last dance
musical legacyOffenbach's can-can grew straight from galop tempo
meterbreakneck 2/4 time, no room for elegance