contredanse
/ˈkɑntrədæns/
noun
- A type of dance in which couples face each other in two lines and perform a series of figures, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Historians often study the contredanse to understand social customs of the 1700s.
- The dance instructor taught the class a traditional French contredanse.
- The ballroom featured a lively contredanse that required precise footwork.