Catherine Blanchet Interviews Mme. Robin
00:00 - Classification of Acadian Folk Dances - Circles, contra lines, with partners, unaccompanied by music;
01:55 - Square dances and les lanciers - Mentions that she found an example in the Olivier Collection;
02:50 - Les jolies tambours;
03:40 - Mazurkas - She mentions that the Louisiana version of the Mazurka is almost unrecognizable compared to what they call a Mazurka in Europe;
05:00 - Description of the Acadian Waltz;
07:00 - Mazurka - Came to France from Poland, was a fashionable dance at some point, the French called the dance the "Warsaw." Descriptions of Mazurka steps;
09:40 - Current dances used with Cajun music - Polka, Waltz, 1940's "fad" dances;
12:30 - Definition of "fad dances;"
14:20 - Les danses rondes as seen in Breaux Bridge;
16:15 - Acadian dances with wooden shoes;
21:00 - More descriptions of Waltz, Mazurka, and Polka dances;
22:35 - Solo dances during Mardi Gras;
22:50 - Danse de mouchoir;
24:10 - Danse du marier;
25:00 - Colinda;
27:00 - Reconstructing old European dances;
