• FEIGERT, Friedrich: dance master

Mercy’s Anzeiger 1/1/1857 reported that the dance teacher Friedrich Feigert, whose Carnival entertainments had already for many years been highly popular, was arranging for this Carnival season a dance-reunion on Tuesday 20th January in the Konvikt Hall. The text continued to note that the Festival Ball that Feigert was arranging for Carnival Monday [Faschingsmontage - the Monday before Lent, in 1857 23rd February], would include the novelty of a dance divertissement ‘im Costume [in fancy-dress].’ No further details of either event were given by the source.

An advertisement was published by Mercy’s Anzeiger 11/1/1857 announcing that on Tuesday 20th January 1857 would be ‘Fried. Feigert’s First Carnival-Reunion in the Konvikt Hall.’ Feigert was noted to be arranging four reunions on 20th, 27th January and on 10th and 17th February. The events, remarked the advertisement, would include all the excellent features of his reunions and would certainly be very successful. The advertisement, published again in the newspaper on 18/1/1857, also announced that each Sunday afternoon at 5pm during the carnival season, dance exercises would be given in Feigert’s rooms. The text was undersigned by ‘Friedrich Feigert, Townsman and Dance teacher, Marienplatz [Marianské náměstí] nr.100-1.’

A brief review, unsigned, of the event appeared in Mercy’s Anzeiger 23/1/1857. The correspondent noted that ‘The first Carnival-Reunion of the dance teacher Mr Feigert on Tuesday 20th January in the Konvikt hall was very numerously attended, and the atmosphere was very buoyant. The gay society departed from the Hall on the following morning. The new [dance the] Wiener Alliance, being danced for the first time was very well-received.