Contredanse

The work's finale provides the second outing for a tune Beethoven was to employ four times, starting with an orchestra contredanse. ❋ Rodney Punt (2010)

Lots of old white men perform a contredanse on both sides of the truth. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1981)

Flocks of old gulls, enormous as hens, fluttered with evolutions like a contredanse upon its glossy surface. ❋ Vicente Blasco Ib����ez (1897)

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. ❋ Alexandre Dumas Fils (1859)

The French _contredanse_ was borrowed from the English ‘country-dance’. ❋ Richard Chenevix Trench (1846)

Matinik performers dancing a form of contredanse, directed by a majè (major). ❋ The Haiti Box (2010)

This volume also explores another European survival, the music of Haitian contredanse. ❋ The Haiti Box (2010)

Folk fiddles are still to be found in some areas of Haiti (ethnomusicologist David Yih recorded an ensemble near Les Cayes that used one in the 1990s, and I have recorded contredanse ensembles that use a fif or wooden flute instead). ❋ The Haiti Box (2010)

These examples feature a contredanse ensemble called the Sosyete Viyolon (Violin Society) with a folk violin as the lead melodic instrument, backed by a small percussion ensemble. ❋ The Haiti Box (2010)

The contredanse was an import into the French courts from English country dances, and it became a hugely popular dance in France of the 1700s. ❋ The Haiti Box (2010)