There is no problem with all four couples doing a chassee across at the same time (unless some troublemaker deliberately aims at the opposite couple!)  If each couple keeps to their own right, and all four couples move at once, no one will collide.

Jacob


On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 11:19 PM, dje h djeh_b@yahoo.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

I've been looking at some nineteenth-century quadrilles and am curious about one of the more common moves I see: "all chassee across."

In your opinion or experience, how exactly would this work? If four couples are moving at once, "across" is nearly impossible. Do you think they're doing a sashay around, like a promenade? Or alternating heads & sides? Something else?

Regards,
Deborah Hyland
St. Louis




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