contredanse
IPA: kˈɑntrʌdˈæns
noun
- A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other.
- The quadrille.
- A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.
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Examples of "contredanse" in Sentences
- The finale is a contredanse rondo with three episodes and a coda.
- Lots of old white men perform a contredanse on both sides of the truth.
- Flocks of old gulls, enormous as hens, fluttered with evolutions like a contredanse upon its glossy surface.
- The work's finale provides the second outing for a tune Beethoven was to employ four times, starting with an orchestra contredanse.
- After the contredanse I went up to the mistress of the house, who displayed for the benefit of her guests a dazzling bosom and magnificent shoulders.
- A corps de ballet of human women and men, dressed alike in bold magpie leotards, appeared as music struck up and began to lead the throng in elaborate contredanse patterns.