Ball Scene | The Gilded Age

Party Ball Society | the ballroom waltz

[anthonydeluca]

I was the the orchestra manager for the Newport, RI filming, and that's me playing oboe and clarinet. The pieces we performed in the ballroom scene are "Festival-Quadrille No. 6, Finale" by Johann Strauss, "Boccaccio Waltz" by Franz von Suppé, and "Titania Walzer" from "Trip to Africa" by Franz von Suppé. You actually only hear us playing the opening notes of "Titania", and the theme then transitions to a variation of the series main theme played by the studio orchestra. The instruments are all from prior to 1880, or are more modern instruments configured in a historically correct manner. Filming was at The Breakers, Newport, RI in March 2021.

[AcademyNS]

So happy they showed a simple, round waltz. So may shows just mangle ballroom dance.

[racatkns]

Everybody looks so elegant! And Ada’s swaying along to the music at 0:59 is just adorable. I adore this cast of actors!

[naturalcambion]

Reminds me of my first ball. The lights, the music, the rustle of silk and the hint of indiscretion ever present in the air. Those were the days.

[elizabethigneri]

I absolutely LOVED this scene! Bertha was triumphant and it made me want to learn how to waltz.

[annetteforeman]

Everything about this drama is stunning, the music the costumes, the acting love it all. The costumes the dresses and hats are so beautiful.

[lawrenceclemens]

This sequence took my breath away, the exquisite costumes, lighting, the dancers, the magnificent Breakers Room in a real Gilded Age mansion. Could not have been better if shot for a $200 million film. This is one of the many, many reasons that I love this show. It transports me to a different time and is so immersive with its stories and ensemble of characters... which cover the spectrum of good to venal. Thank you all who made this possible. Hoping The Gilded Age runs six seasons (and more).

[CALLMESIR...]

God I LOVE this show. Everything about it is so thought out and no expense spared. The gowns are all works of art. And the writing/storyline is incredible. I ordered the discs on ebay for 12.99 the 1st and 2nd seasons. Looks like theyre in the room on my 70inch 4K.

[billiebuffalo]

Anyone remember in Downton Abbey when they would host balls with high society and later even the Royal Family? Yeah, this is so much better than that!!

[margaritaperla]

donna murphy(mrs astor) looks like a actual queen

[LSTEdD]

I used to give tours in that room at The Breakers! Wonderful experience...

[franklesser]

George Russell should have been the one to present Gladys, as her father.

[anabananas]

This is how i envision all rich people parties

[Cassander_von_Quitzow]

Wonderful filmed! I love this series, it’s like THE AGE OF INNOCENCE by Scorsese.

[prettynerd]

Did you know that the ballroom is actually the Vanderbilts music room at The Breakers Mansion in Rhode Island?

[anakeveney]

I can only cringe at what would become of some these young ladies, pimped out to the highest European title their parents would get for them, some of them leading miserable lives emotionally while they outwardly lacked for nothing. Only a century before, some of their ancestors had fought so that they would not be ruled by titles. Some of those ancestors were likely spinning tornadically in their graves.

[JOSHUASUTTON]

When that music swells and those dresses swish I just see the gilded age and the mansions of Newport come alive

[RoseRedd-kb]

I want to dance like that. I love Gladys' dress.

[ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

I wonder if the finale of season 2 shows Bertha hosting a costume ball just like Alva Vanderbilt

[plantagenet]

What’s the title of the soundtrack for this episode?