“At the ‘Cadian Ball”
is a penetrating look at how two marriages came into
being. The ‘Cadians hold all night balls so
young people can test possible marriage alliances.
Old people attend the balls, as do married couples
and children, but the evening belongs to the young
‘Cadian – and sometimes Creole - men and
women – who drift out onto the galleries between
dances to flirt and whisper in the shadows.
