Like the Royal Gallopade, which I discussed here, the Original Gallopade was published in the Companion to La Terpsichore Moderne (Second Edition) by J. S. Pollock (London, c1830) and is a specific choreography that combines galop round the room, short quadrille-like figures, and a final sauteuse waltz. I’m not sure about the original part; I suspect that the original form of gallopade was nothing but galop. But that’s the title Pollock published it under.
Here is the general description of the dance, as given by Pollock:
La Gallopade may be danced with an unlimited number of persons, standing circularly in couples, following each other round the room. In the first figure, the gent. passes his right arm round the waist of the lady, and with his left hand takes hold of the lady’s right, the lady’s left hand resting on the gent’s. right shoulder — the whole of the couples being thus placed, the ladies are all on the outside of the circle. At the end of the first four bars, the lady crosses to the left of the gent. resting her right hand on the gent’s. left shoulder and holding hands in front as before, which brings the ladies to the inside of the circle. This figure is performed four times over, and occupies sixteen bar of the tune. At the fourth time, the whole of the party fall back in a circle, the ladies all standing on the right hand of their partners, ready to commence the figures as they occur. This dance is performed with a particular and characteristic step, of which it is impossible to give such a description, as would enable any one to dance it, without personal instruction.
