The Saint Catherine’s Ball in Haine-Saint-Pierre (Hainaut) is the last popular ball to have been held continuously since the Second World War. Originally created as a reaction against new dance forms from America, it remains a living link to the popular European balls of the 19th century.
Credits
- Production & sound: Stéphane Colin
- Images & editing: Matthieu Thonon
- Translation: Stéphane Colin & Saskia Willaert
- Music: Extracts from the ball by the “Harmonie du Parc” (dir. H. Tahon); "Polka des petits oiseaux", Orchestre Symphonique 1900 SSO (dir. D. Sottiaux)
- Pictures: Royal Club 1900, Robert Fourneau, RTBF/Sonuma, Harmonie du Parc, NordEclair, Harmonie Les Amis Réunis (Robertville)
- Prints: G. Durand, Camp de Châlons; [Telure?], Quadrille Anglais
- © Musical Instruments Museum, Brussels, 2020