contredanse française

  • relation to country dance

    TITLE: Western dance: English social dance
    SECTION: English social dance
    ...substantially altered. In France they were named contredanses. The longways, dances with double lines of dancers facing one another, became contredanses anglaises; the rounds became the contredanses françaises, which were also known as cotillions and quadrilles. These figure dances, which quickly spread to Spain, Germany, Poland, and other countries, were the dances of...